I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.
ALAN GARNEREverything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.
More Alan Garner Quotes
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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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Oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.
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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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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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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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My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space.
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She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls.
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You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.
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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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Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
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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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I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do.
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A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.
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