I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.

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

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Hemingway said the only way to write about a place is to leave it.

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I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.

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My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area.

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

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I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.

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He loved humankind dearly and with all his heart, but he disliked most human beings.

David Guterson in Snow Falling on Cedars
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When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.

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What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.

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