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Alan Garner
Alan Garner
English Novelist
Born: Oct 17, 1934
Any Book Me Nothing Think Writing
Related authors: Aldous Huxley Charles Dickens E. M. Forster J. R. R. Tolkien Thomas Hardy William Golding William Makepeace Thackeray
If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you. Alan Garner
You Will Nothing Write Make Going Stop
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
Attitude Age Book Think Would Read Child Any Anybody Want Wants Them
My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis. Alan Garner
Time Space Long Long Time Back Background Narrow Traditions Oral Going Which Inherited Deep Set
I've learned never to try and force words to come. Alan Garner
Words Try Never Come Force Learned
My primary tongue, I would call North-West Mercian. Alan Garner
Would Primary Call Tongue
I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do. Alan Garner
Book Nothing Else Must Finish Never Learnt
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
Love Research Enormous Write Put Off Story Much Moment Helps Amount Starting
As far as the world was concerned, from 1979 to 1996, I didn't publish any original material; it just wasn't there. Alan Garner
World Publish Concerned Material Any Just As Far As Far Original
My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot. Alan Garner
Library Man Extraordinary Read Great-Grandfather His Self-Taught Lot
Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room. Alan Garner
Everything Has-Been Written Been Same Room Chair Ever

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