“Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money...” — David Guterson 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.”

“I was born in Washington State and have lived here for 42 plus years.”

“My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.”

“Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.”

“I mean, I'm learning more than I could from any acting teacher just by working.”

“My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.”