Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.
ALAN GARNERWhen you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside.
More Alan Garner Quotes
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I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do.
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It’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this.
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My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space.
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Plus it’s not a purse, it’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.
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You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.
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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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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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A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.
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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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If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.
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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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Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
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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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Oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.
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Ive learned never to try and force words to come.
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