--- title: "1 Original Material Quotes By Alan Garner" description: "1 Original Material quotes by Alan Garner. Plus more from Alan Garner and more Original Material sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/alan-garner-16067_any_as-far-as-the-world-was-concerned-from-1_1896611.png" --- > [As far as the world was concerned, from 1979 to 1996, I didn't publish any original material; it just wasn't there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/as-far-as-the-world-was-concerned-from-1979-to-1996-i-didn-t-publish/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/alan-garner-16067_any_as-far-as-the-world-was-concerned-from-1_1896611.png) ## More by Alan Garner > [I loathe crowds. I especially don't like cities. A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/i-loathe-crowds-i-especially-don-t-like-cities-a-city-involves/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/if-you-are-going-to-write-nothing-will-stop-you-and-if-you-are-not/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/my-background-is-deep-and-set-in-deep-time-and-in-a-narrow-space-oral/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [I've learned never to try and force words to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/i-ve-learned-never-to-try-and-force-words-to-come/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [My primary tongue, I would call North-West Mercian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/my-primary-tongue-i-would-call-north-west-mercian/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/it-s-where-i-keep-all-my-things-get-a-lot-of-compliments-on-this-plus/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [“It's not a job but a condition. (Alan Garner on writing)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/it-s-not-a-job-but-a-condition-alan-garner-on-writing/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/everybody-thinks-some-people-are-born-with-the-gift-of-gab-and-some/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/she-wants-to-be-flowers-but-you-make-her-owls-you-must-not-complain/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [“Lleu is a hard lord,” said Huw, “He is killing Gronw without anger, without love, without mercy. He is hurt too much by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/lleu-is-a-hard-lord-said-huw-he-is-killing-gronw-without-anger/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [“I wanted us to have a holiday, not a ruddy breakdown.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/i-wanted-us-to-have-a-holiday-not-a-ruddy-breakdown/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/i-wish-monkeys-could-skype-maybe-one-day/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [I don't think I've ever frightened myself before when writing, but there were areas where there was terror, as though I was looking into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/i-don-t-think-i-ve-ever-frightened-myself-before-when-writing-but/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [Ive learned never to try and force words to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/ive-learned-never-to-try-and-force-words-to-come/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) > [My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/my-attitude-is-that-if-anybody-of-any-age-wants-to-read-a-book-let/) [Alan Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-garner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/original-material/alan-garner/#itemlist", "name": "1 Original Material Quotes By Alan Garner", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As far as the world was concerned, from 1979 to 1996, I didn't publish any original material; it just wasn't there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Garner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-garner/as-far-as-the-world-was-concerned-from-1979-to-1996-i-didn-t-publish/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/alan-garner-16067_any_as-far-as-the-world-was-concerned-from-1_1896611.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/alan-garner-16067_any_as-far-as-the-world-was-concerned-from-1_1896611.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/alan-garner-16067_any_as-far-as-the-world-was-concerned-from-1_1896611.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As far as the world was concerned, from 1979 to 1996, I didn't publish any original material; it just wasn't…” — Alan Garner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/original-material/alan-garner/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/original-material/alan-garner/", "name": "Original Material Quotes by Alan Garner", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/original-material/alan-garner/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/alan-garner-16067_any_as-far-as-the-world-was-concerned-from-1_1896611.png" }, "description": "1 Original Material quotes by Alan Garner. 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