To persevere is always a reflection of the state of one's inner life, one's philosophy and one's perspective
David GutersonEven though I may not intend it when I set out to write the book, these places just emerge as major players in what I'm doing, almost as if they are insisting on it.
David GutersonEverybody has a world, and that world is completely hidden until we begin to inquire. As soon as we do, that entire world opens to us and yields itself. And you see how full and complex it is.
David GutersonWell, I think itโs extraordinarily fun to write, and I look forward to it every day, but that doesnโt mean I think itโs easy. Thereโs a difference between the two. Itโs fun in the way all worthwhile things are fun โ thereโs difficulty attached to it. I think that a writer has to accept a certain amount of frustration. Itโs inherent in the task, and you have to simply persevere. Itโs part of the definition of the work.
David Guterson