Hitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.
ALAN GARNERA city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.
More Alan Garner Quotes
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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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At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.
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Ive learned never to try and force words to come.
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Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
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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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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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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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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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When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it’s funny in any language.
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Oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.
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I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities.
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My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space.
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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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