At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.
ALAN GARNERHitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.
More Alan Garner Quotes
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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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Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.
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I was more inclined to think of it as “writer’s impatience”, and to follow Arthur Koestler’s dictum: “Soak; and wait.
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She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls.
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Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
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Oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.
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I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.
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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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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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Plus it’s not a purse, it’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.
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When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it’s funny in any language.
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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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… I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of “writer’s block”.
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It’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this.
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