When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside. It isn't like that at a…

- Alan Garner

Im not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.

- Alan Garner

Hitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.

- 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 Jones wears one.

- Alan Garner

Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.

- 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

I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.

- Alan Garner

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

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

- Alan Garner