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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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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. – Plato

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In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed. – Luke Ford

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A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this! – Theresa May

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