Any Quote by Alan Garner

I loathe crowds. I especially don't like cities. A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.

— Alan Garner

If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.

— 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…

— Alan Garner

I've learned never to try and force words to come.

— Alan Garner

My primary tongue, I would call North-West Mercian.

— 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…

— Alan Garner

“It's not a job but a condition. (Alan Garner on writing)”

— 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…

— Alan Garner

She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.

— 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…

— Alan Garner

“I wanted us to have a holiday, not a ruddy breakdown.”

— Alan Garner

I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.

— Alan Garner