Logo
Quote by David Guterson
Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no m

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

Other quotes by David Guterson

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

Category:
Politics
Author
David Guterson
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
teacher
category

My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an ad in the paper and took me to the audition after school and I got the part. – Ajay Naidu

Category:
teacher

If you put down a list of jobs, doctor, lawyer, janitor, teacher or movie star, everybody would pick the movie star. And why? So you could lie around the pool, drink margaritas and send money to your parents. So thats what I did. – Steve Guttenberg

Category:
teacher

I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahls James and the Giant Peach. – Dave Eggers

Category:
teacher

I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate. – Mathias Rust

Category:
teacher

Random Quotes

In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two. – Erich Fromm

Category:
Love

No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence. – Yitzhak Rabin

Category:
Peace

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird. – Paul Eldridge

Category:
Past

I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy. – King Abdullah II

Category:
Hope