If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.
ALAN GARNERI wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.
More Alan Garner Quotes
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… I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of “writer’s block”.
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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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Oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.
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Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
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A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.
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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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You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.
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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’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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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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Plus it’s not a purse, it’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.
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It’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this.
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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 great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
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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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