Alan Garner Quotes

I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images.

The writing part of my life never changes, because that's just when the inspiration comes.

You can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or, rather, you can if you will be ruthless enough about it. But the best writing is certainly when you are in love.

And that's what I've learned too: writing is key.

I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood.

I write constantly about everything.

There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.

I would say, number one, don't worry about getting published. Just write. Number two, just write. Three is make sure you read.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a word. To be a writer - this may seem trite, I realize - you have to actually write.

Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the amazing things others do.

I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

To write, I think one must sit in one place and be bored. Boredom is a very good state for writers to be. Things cook away in your head when you're bored, and suddenly one day, you have a book or a germ of a book.

One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.

The way you get better is putting words on the page and getting them behind you.

In 25 years of writing novels, I've never had anything that felt like writer's block.

I like all kinds of stories, and I usually work on several stories at once. When I run out of gas on one, I start work on the other.

Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.

I am always trying to write.

All I know is that I have way more stuff that I want to write about than I possibly have time to.

I've never had writer's block.

I'm not a fast writer at all. I come empty and wait upon the Lord. So it really is all a waiting process, a patient process.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

I do not go down and sit in front of the computer and make myself write; that's not my style.