I’ll buy metaphor, but simile’s a cop-out used by scaredycats who won’t commit to anything. Simile’s for cowards.
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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She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls.
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I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities.
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… I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of “writer’s block”.
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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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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 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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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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When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it’s funny in any language.
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A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.
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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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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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At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.
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