David Guterson ( born May 4, 1956) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist.
At one level you're condemned to the voice you have. But within those confines, you have a certain amount of freedom to range among your possible voices. Use this quote
I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldn't find my way into the fictional world... When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts. Use this quote
Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having lots of free time in which to write or becoming an English teacher and thinking about books and writers on a daily basis. That swayed me. Use this quote
