“Why are you here?" "To fetch the woman I cut from the veil of the rock." “Why did you cut?" "To send her spirit out, so that she would come to make the child, for me to teach to dance… — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone. At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth. — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
I loathe crowds. I especially don't like cities. A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me. — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you. — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I… — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
It's where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this. Plus it's not a purse, it's called a satchel. Indiana… — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
“Everybody thinks some people are born with the "gift of gab" and some people aren't. But the truth is there is no "gift of… — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting. — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
“Lleu is a hard lord,” said Huw, “He is killing Gronw without anger, without love, without mercy. He is hurt too much by the… — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
