I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.
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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Oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.
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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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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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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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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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Plus it’s not a purse, it’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.
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I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.
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My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space.
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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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It’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this.
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Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.
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I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities.
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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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Im not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.
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Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
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