At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.
ALAN GARNERIf you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.
More Alan Garner Quotes
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I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do.
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Ive learned never to try and force words to come.
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I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.
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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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My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space.
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It’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this.
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Plus it’s not a purse, it’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.
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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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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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Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
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When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it’s funny in any language.
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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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… I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of “writer’s block”.
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