When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it’s funny in any language. ALAN GARNER FunnyLanguageMoneyNibbleWeenies
The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone. ALAN GARNER AloneDeeplyFeelJobMostSpeakSpokenStorytellerTruthWord
I was more inclined to think of it as “writer’s impatience”, and to follow Arthur Koestler’s dictum: “Soak; and wait. ALAN GARNER DictumFollowImpatienceInclineMoreSoakThinkWaitWriter
When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside. ALAN GARNER AttemptCathedralCitadelInsidePublishResistSeemStartTalentWorld
Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness. ALAN GARNER EnoughFruitLiveLongParentPossessiveRareSelfishness
Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room. ALAN GARNER BeenChairEverEverythingRoomSameWritten
… I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of “writer’s block”. ALAN GARNER BlockCredenceGiveMuchneverPhenomenonWriter
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. ALAN GARNER DifficultLikeLongerLookMoreSimpleStartTalentWarehouse
My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot. ALAN GARNER ExtraordinaryGrandfatherGreatLibraryLotManReadSelfTaught
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. ALAN GARNER AgeAnybodyAttitudeBonelandBookChildReadThinkWant
At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth. ALAN GARNER BecomeConnectImageLevelMythStorySymbolTruth
Hitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with. ALAN GARNER BeginEffectiveHitNearlyPeopleReleaseStress
It’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this. ALAN GARNER AllComplimentKeepLotMyThing
If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you. ALAN GARNER GoMakeNothingStopWrite
I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story. ALAN GARNER GoHelpLoveMomentResearchStopStoryWrite
Oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis. ALAN GARNER BackGoInheritedLongOralOsmosisTimeTradition
I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do. ALAN GARNER BookElseFinishLearnMustneverNothing
Plus it’s not a purse, it’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one. ALAN GARNER CallCelebrityOnePersonPlusPurseSatchelWear
I’ll buy metaphor, but simile’s a cop-out used by scaredycats who won’t commit to anything. Simile’s for cowards. ALAN GARNER AnythingCommitCopCowardMetaphorOutScaredycatSmileUse
My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space. ALAN GARNER BackgroundDeepNarrowSetSpaceTime
Im not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese. ALAN GARNER CheeseChuckHundredSchoolSupposeTwoWithin
