Even 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 GutersonDon Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.
David GutersonWhen I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.
David GutersonYou should learn to say nothing that will cause you regret. You should not say what is not in your heart - or what is only in your heart for a moment. But you know this - silence is better.
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