My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space.
ALAN GARNERIm not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.
More Alan Garner Quotes
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… I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of “writer’s block”.
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When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside.
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A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.
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If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.
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I’ll buy metaphor, but simile’s a cop-out used by scaredycats who won’t commit to anything. Simile’s for cowards.
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Hitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.
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I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities.
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At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.
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It 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.
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Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.
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Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
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I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.
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Im not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.
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Oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.
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My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would want to read Boneland.
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