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I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the histor

I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldnt find my way into the fictional world… When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts. – David Guterson

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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. – David Guterson

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The term the American Left is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isnt really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is. – Christopher Hitchens

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But Im not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What Im interested in is emotions. – Bjork

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In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep. – Youssou NDour

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Im always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians. – John F. Kennedy

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