My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space.
ALAN GARNERMy background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space.
ALAN GARNERWhen a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it’s funny in any language.
ALAN GARNEROral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.
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 GARNERI was more inclined to think of it as “writer’s impatience”, and to follow Arthur Koestler’s dictum: “Soak; and wait.
ALAN GARNERMy great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
ALAN GARNERIt’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this.
ALAN GARNERYou must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.
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 GARNEREverything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.
ALAN GARNER… I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of “writer’s block”.
ALAN GARNERIt isn’t like that at all. It may be more difficult now, and take longer than when I started to write, but there’s a great, empty warehouse out there looking for simple talent.
ALAN GARNERThe job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone.
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 GARNERA city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.
ALAN GARNER