black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside.

Related Topics

Attempt Cathedral Citadel Inside Publish Resist Seem Start Talent World

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do.
ALAN GARNER

Book Else Finish Learn Must never Nothing
… I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of “writer’s block”.
ALAN GARNER

Block Credence Give Much never Phenomenon Writer
I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities.
ALAN GARNER

City Crowd Especial Lake Loathe
At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.
ALAN GARNER

Become Connect Image Level Myth Story Symbol Truth
Plus it’s not a purse, it’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.
ALAN GARNER

Call Celebrity One Person Plus Purse Satchel Wear
My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space.
ALAN GARNER

Background Deep Narrow Set Space Time
I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.
ALAN GARNER

Go Help Love Moment Research Stop Story Write
Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
ALAN GARNER

Enough Fruit Live Long Parent Possessive Rare Selfishness
I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.
ALAN GARNER

Day Money One Skype Wish
Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.
ALAN GARNER

Been Chair Ever Everything Room Same Written
The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone.
ALAN GARNER

Alone Deeply Feel Job Most Speak Spoken Storyteller Truth Word
I was more inclined to think of it as “writer’s impatience”, and to follow Arthur Koestler’s dictum: “Soak; and wait.
ALAN GARNER

Dictum Follow Impatience Incline More Soak Think Wait Writer
You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.
ALAN GARNER

Complain Go Haunt Must
It’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this.
ALAN GARNER

All Compliment Keep Lot My Thing
If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.
ALAN GARNER

Go Make Nothing Stop Write
She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls.
ALAN GARNER

Flower Make Own Want

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes