I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities.
ALAN GARNERI loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities.
ALAN GARNERPossessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.
ALAN GARNERWhen you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside.
ALAN GARNEREverything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.
ALAN GARNER… I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of “writer’s block”.
ALAN GARNERMy 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.
ALAN GARNERI learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do.
ALAN GARNERIt 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.
ALAN GARNERHitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.
ALAN GARNERAt this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.
ALAN GARNERThe job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone.
ALAN GARNERIve learned never to try and force words to come.
ALAN GARNERI love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.
ALAN GARNERMy great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
ALAN GARNEROral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.
ALAN GARNERIt’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this.
ALAN GARNER