Oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.
ALAN GARNERI love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.
More Alan Garner Quotes
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My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space.
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The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone.
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Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
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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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… I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of “writer’s block”.
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She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls.
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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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Plus it’s not a purse, it’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.
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My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
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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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Ive learned never to try and force words to come.
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It’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this.
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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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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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I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.
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