My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
ALAN GARNERMy great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
ALAN GARNERIf you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.
ALAN GARNERI was more inclined to think of it as “writer’s impatience”, and to follow Arthur Koestler’s dictum: “Soak; and wait.
ALAN GARNERI’ll buy metaphor, but simile’s a cop-out used by scaredycats who won’t commit to anything. Simile’s for cowards.
ALAN GARNERI loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities.
ALAN GARNERHitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.
ALAN GARNERAt this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.
ALAN GARNERPlus it’s not a purse, it’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.
ALAN GARNERPossessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
ALAN GARNERWhen a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it’s funny in any language.
ALAN GARNERIm not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.
ALAN GARNERIve learned never to try and force words to come.
ALAN GARNERI love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.
ALAN GARNERShe wants to be flowers, but you make her owls.
ALAN GARNERYou must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.
ALAN GARNERI wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.
ALAN GARNER