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

In 1970, at the age of 14, I entered a short story contest offering a grand prize of one dollar. I won. This was my first foray into writing fiction. I loved reading and thought that it shouldn't be so hard to write a story.

I think a construction project for me is like writing a novel. I can't do the project unless I can envision sort of the whole structure and see what the end result might be.

As a writer, I'm always aware of the fact that there are so many books out there.

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

I tend to push whatever is looking over my shoulder away when I am writing. It's once the box of books arrive that I say I'm going to be pilloried for this or that. But then you realize it's done, and there is nothing I can do. I'm proud of the book.

When I get moved to write a story, I don't question the story. I dive right in, and I try to ignore the voices that are chattering away at me: 'You can't do that', 'You shouldn't do that'. I just sort of leap and take a chance and go for it.

I like characters who are contradictory.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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