Author: David Bergen

Quotes

At the age of twenty, having published nothing and having had little guidance in my reading, I decided that I wanted to write.

At the age of twenty, having published nothing and having had little guidance in my reading, I decided that I wanted to write.

- David Bergen

A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

- David Bergen

You are only as good as your last book, and so there has to be a book.

You are only as good as your last book, and so there has to be a book.

- David Bergen

Books in general are great, but I'm a fiction lover, and I will continue to do it.

Books in general are great, but I'm a fiction lover, and I will continue to do it.

- David Bergen

I was a big reader of Zane Grey as a young boy, and so horses and the West figured large in my imagination.

I was a big reader of Zane Grey as a young boy, and so horses and the West figured large in my imagination.

- David Bergen

I think my writing was certainly shaped from having lived in a place like Niverville as well as by the family that I came from, the religion that I had, that type of thing.

I think my writing was certainly shaped from having lived in a place like Niverville as well as by the family that I came from, the religion that I had, that type of thing.

- David Bergen

Failure is essential. Trial and error is necessary.

Failure is essential. Trial and error is necessary.

- David Bergen

Every year, the Giller jury is different. You write the best book you can and throw it out there.

Every year, the Giller jury is different. You write the best book you can and throw it out there.

- David Bergen

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