Alan Garner quote: "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 somewhere that I didn't know existed before, and it frightened me."

My feeling is that writing is, for me, a pathological condition. That could sound like a mystical ex...
ALAN GARNER

Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.
ALAN GARNER

My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
ALAN GARNER

My mother read nursery rhymes to me, and my grandmother told me folk stories, but as a child I had n...
ALAN GARNER

As far as the world was concerned, from 1979 to 1996, I didn't publish any original material; it...
ALAN GARNER

I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to wri...
ALAN GARNER

I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do.
ALAN GARNER

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

The thing that I was brought up to prize above everything else is the intellect. There is no problem...
ALAN GARNER

If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will ma...
ALAN GARNER

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

My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long...
ALAN GARNER

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

My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no chi...
ALAN GARNER

The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in wo...
ALAN GARNER

I seem to be attracted to the quiet, brooding type. But not too brooding. Too brooding can be narcis...
KELLI GARNER

My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from colleg...
JENNIFER GARNER

My big sister Melissa, is such a stud and my little sister Suzanna, has always had a perfect body an...
JENNIFER GARNER

I like watching Tom Brady, not just because he's handsome - I get handsome; I understand handsom...
JENNIFER GARNER

I've had more acne as an adult than I had as a teenager. After weaning babies, my skin's gon...
JENNIFER GARNER

To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that beco...
JENNIFER GARNER

We do a lot of crafting at our house. I don't even know how it got started because if you ask me...
JENNIFER GARNER

The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of it...
HELEN GARNER

I always, always meant to be on stage. I only ended up even auditioning for television and movies be...
JENNIFER GARNER

I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted m...
JENNIFER GARNER

Why does everyone think they need to be a star? It's ridiculous. The celebrity culture is so sil...
JENNIFER GARNER

That's the best thing that's ever happened to me, bar none, is having grandchildren and livi...
HELEN GARNER

I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for ...
JENNIFER GARNER

Courts are supposed to be places of reason. But this, of course, is a fantasy. I mean, there is reas...
HELEN GARNER

We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, s...
JAY GARNER

My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about fin...
JENNIFER GARNER

I know I live a charmed, beautiful life and nobody wants to hear a celebrity whine. The last thing I...
JENNIFER GARNER

And now, I still really don't care that much but now I have music playing all the time at home, ...
JENNIFER GARNER

You can't have wild game dinners without wild game. And you can't have wild game dinners without hun...
BOB GARNER

The purpose of the newsletter is to supply the reader with a reliable supply of seeds made up of pro...
BOB GARNER

The chemicals kill vegetation and can peel paint right off the walls. Anyone who comes in contact wi...
BOB GARNER

None of it really costs anything - other than owning a home.
BOB GARNER

It's not what you shoot (on a hunting trip) that brings you back,
BOB GARNER

To fish 365 days a year, it's pretty cheap stuff - you can't get much cheaper than that.
BOB GARNER

It's disturbing at my age to look at a young woman's destructive behaviour and hear the echo...
HELEN GARNER

The last thing I want to do is complain; I love what I do, and I know every job comes with a downsid...
JENNIFER GARNER

I want flowers; I don't want to text. What does that make me? What kind of dinosaur am I?
JENNIFER GARNER

I do like having my ears pierced, because there's a lot more choice in pierced earrings than the...
JENNIFER GARNER

His only downfall was walking Nuñez, and then he hit Luna with two strikes. You expect when you get...
PHIL GARNER

I might not have done it had he been really swinging the bat well, but sometimes you need a mental b...
PHIL GARNER

It's about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap,...
JENNIFER GARNER

I moved him for Morgan. When he came back from the hand injury, I wanted him in a position where guy...
PHIL GARNER

It grosses me out. It's too sweet to read about or dissect or talk about.
JENNIFER GARNER

It was rare, ... We've not seen that from him really all year. He couldn't find (the strike zone), a...
PHIL GARNER

I wish I was one of those cute pregnant girls who wear skinny jeans throughout their pregnancies. Bu...
JENNIFER GARNER

My goal has always been longevity. Not fame and fortune, just get a job and keep it.
JAMES GARNER

Maybe this is pathetic, but I still dread producing a book that doesn't earn back its advance. I...
HELEN GARNER

Well, you can't be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that...
JENNIFER GARNER

Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right pla...
JENNIFER GARNER

I rebelled by not getting straight A's and not following the path that my elder sister did. She ...
JENNIFER GARNER

Life's fairly excruciating. Painful things happen. Every now and then, you drag yourself out of ...
HELEN GARNER

Until Taylor gets his stripes, he'll have to be moved around.
PHIL GARNER

Sworn to secrecy, You better catch it early.
PHIL GARNER

The bruise is diffused somewhat, so he doesn't have a big (welt) the size of a watermelon on his kne...
PHIL GARNER

The umpire said he went to his mouth. It was a bad call. It was a mistaken call. It's unfortunate th...
PHIL GARNER

Things went very well in the surgery and he's in Georgia with (wife) Jennifer and the baby and thing...
PHIL GARNER

I suppose there must be idiots who dream of signing deals with publishers while fully intending to d...
HELEN GARNER

What you saw tonight is not unusual for Roy,
PHIL GARNER

We are a different club and we are probably not as offensively as potent as we were last year. We ce...
PHIL GARNER

We're a different club. We're not as offensively potent as last year, but our pitching is more solid...
PHIL GARNER

We were in a great, seething moment in the 1970s. There was a new Labour government and everything s...
HELEN GARNER

I want a guy who can clean my gutters and kill my spiders - who's simple yet layered.
KELLI GARNER

I think people like to see a little larceny in their heroes.
JAMES GARNER

The wholesome is definitely intentional and drilled into me. I mean, we weren't allowed to pierc...
JENNIFER GARNER

I guess I could say the bruise is sort of diffused somewhat so he doesn't have a half sized watermel...
PHIL GARNER

Wagner's tough. We all know how good he is. We just buckled down.
PHIL GARNER

We've just got this demon hanging over our head, and it's a zero.
PHIL GARNER

You can just start to feel really pregnant, like you are the hugest person on the face of the planet...
JENNIFER GARNER

The characters I've played, especially Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford, almost never use a gun, a...
JAMES GARNER

A wild and wacky summer,
PHIL GARNER

It's all swollen up and puffed up. I think it had a little effect on him. He wasn't quite as sharp a...
PHIL GARNER

I don't think these are guys that you walk in and say, 'Hey, you need to start doing this now.' He n...
PHIL GARNER

You're supposed to look a certain way when you're a celebrity, but I want to take care of my...
JENNIFER GARNER

The one thing I really lucked out on is that all through my teenage years, when my sister was a life...
JENNIFER GARNER

I really think the homer changed Roy. We had the momentum early and gave it back. But when Mike hit ...
PHIL GARNER

I really thought when I was pregnant with my first that it wouldn't affect my work at all; it wo...
JENNIFER GARNER

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and ...
JENNIFER GARNER

But there are some wounds that can never be healed.
HELEN GARNER

As in all matters involving love, which has so many different meanings, you find that the feeling th...
HELEN GARNER

I thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. Bu...
JENNIFER GARNER

It grosses me out.
JENNIFER GARNER

Garner has made it clear that she probably won't be returning to the show next year for a sixth seas...
JENNIFER GARNER

I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy.
JENNIFER GARNER

I've often said to J.J. Abrams, the creator of the show, 'I don't know why you cast me in this role....
JENNIFER GARNER

Elektra is larger than life and wears her sexuality on her sleeve. So I was wearing clothes that wer...
JENNIFER GARNER

My family is just beyond out-of-control excited.' - Winning the Golden Globe
JENNIFER GARNER

Beauty comes from a life well lived. If you've lived well, your smile lines are in the right places,...
JENNIFER GARNER

Two really brilliant performances,
PHIL GARNER

I'm a pretty hard worker.
JENNIFER GARNER

He did not go to his mouth. He was sweating profusely on his face. He wiped his eyebrow across his n...
PHIL GARNER

A high payroll guarantees you wins. It doesn't guarantee you championships. If you let me spend $100...
PHIL GARNER

No question it's like the 600-pound gorilla in the room. No one wants to talk about it. ... I'll be ...
PHIL GARNER

We didn't have much leeway to run, ... When they're 1.2 (seconds) to the plate and with Molina, that...
PHIL GARNER

I wasn't a rookie in pennant races, but I was a rookie calling the shots. The players made me look g...
PHIL GARNER

It was absolutely rotten,
PHIL GARNER

I think it's sort of a neat story that 'Rocket' is going to be the guy to take the ball in the first...
PHIL GARNER

He might be the best all-around player in baseball today. If we're going to put our money somewhere ...
PHIL GARNER

We dug ourselves an early hole and we never able to get into our game plan. We made some adjustments...
BLAIR GARNER

I'm a peace-maker, I can fit into a lot of situations. I'm pretty easygoing. I have a lot of...
JENNIFER GARNER

I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen.
JAMES GARNER

People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old ...
JAMES GARNER

If I say I am concerned, it seems like there's a red flag. There are no red flags. I just hope it's ...
PHIL GARNER

We are probably a little stronger in the pitching department and probably a little weaker in the off...
PHIL GARNER

He did a good job of making pitches when he needed to. We'd like to see him pitch ahead a bit more. ...
PHIL GARNER

We've had trouble scoring runs this season, period. I don't think guys are trying too hard when Roge...
PHIL GARNER

I think he'll go as long as he wants.
PHIL GARNER

You want to get everybody in on the party and make everybody feel good. Today was one of those days ...
PHIL GARNER

You've got to try to jump on a pitch early, get something that gets a little bit of the plate. If th...
PHIL GARNER

I knew we were going to marry someday, but I was absolutely surprised when he actually proposed. And...
JENNIFER GARNER

It's been a trait of ours all year and we managed to win even though we hadn't done that,
PHIL GARNER

The obvious explanation is it's kind of a surprise thing, the sudden sort of visual arrival of human...
JOSEPH GARNER

It was a marvelous script. ... It's a beautifully framed movie, it's beautifully cast and wonderfull...
JAMES GARNER

I think Lamb is a very good hitter, ... I've let Lamb hit in that situation many times.
PHIL GARNER

There were a whole lot of things last year that made me nervous. Starting off last season, I did not...
PHIL GARNER

It's terrible. You're high as a kite. The mistake we make is walking Edmonds.
PHIL GARNER

It's terrible, you're high as a kite one minute.
PHIL GARNER

There's no question that 600-pound gorilla was in the room that no one wanted to talk about. If you ...
PHIL GARNER

She worked at the soda fountain at Woolworth's in Little Rock, and they met there.
MICHAEL GARNER

I think his hip was bothering him a little. It's very uncharacteristic of him to have that kind of i...
PHIL GARNER

Andrea was playing on one leg and Sam is sicker than a dog. Our depth at center was a lot shallower ...
STEVE GARNER

The man's amazing. He keeps on keeping on, doesn't he? Isn't he something?
PHIL GARNER

Every road game in this conference is going to be tough. Every game's a fight. It seems like we're b...
BLAIR GARNER

I am proud of the kids and the season that they had. They never gave up all season and they never ga...
BLAIR GARNER

The interesting thing about him is that Dr. Mac, for all of the bravado about wanting to hold the li...
PHIL GARNER

This was a bitter pill to swallow. This was one we felt we could get. We couldn't pull it off.
GARY GARNER

What Mulder has done is really solidify their rotation. It enables them to put pitchers in a third a...
PHIL GARNER

We had some other opportunities and couldn't break through. When your big guys go to the mound, you'...
PHIL GARNER

I would have said, we're in a lot of deep stew here.
PHIL GARNER

I'm sure he'll be fine. It's just bruised. I wanted to be cautious.
PHIL GARNER

This is the first year we can give a thumbs-up to a water supply for everyone. Hopefully, it will co...
CHUCK GARNER

When I started working, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, ...
JAMES GARNER

There's not any profitability there, ... Those two stores were probably not going to come back to pr...
JAMES GARNER

I'm letting the police deal with that,
JAMES GARNER

The union could put a bid in if they choose to,
JAMES GARNER

We worked very hard to get this for the retirees.
JAMES GARNER

[Phil Garner 's wife, Carol, was struck on the wrist last week by a bat that went sailing into the s...
PHIL GARNER

He didn't go to his mouth on the mound. He was simply sweating profusely on his face and was wiping ...
PHIL GARNER

I think there's going to be a sequel on it; this is going to be the greatest game ever played,
PHIL GARNER

We're going to leave that to our general manager. Sure, I'd like to have Clemens back.
PHIL GARNER

Brad had a fantastic year. He was just outstanding. When you don't notice the catcher, that's when h...
PHIL GARNER

You have to let Edmonds hit the ball. You can't walk him and [catcher] Brad [ Ausmus ] knows that .....
PHIL GARNER

[The Astros have been shut out 17 times. Nine of those came when Clemens pitched.] I'm perplexed by ...
PHIL GARNER

We've been resilient. We're going to test our mettle now. We'll see how we bounce back.
PHIL GARNER

Let's just say it's not something I use in my everyday bag of tricks.
JENNIFER GARNER

If he could pinch-hit, I'd have him in [the starting lineup] probably.
PHIL GARNER

We know we have a daunting task.
PHIL GARNER

It was a very nice gesture on the club's part,
PHIL GARNER

It's very small. It's like a mosquito bite, is the way it was described. Mo said he felt great, no p...
PHIL GARNER

What players should do up here, even if there's no spots available, (is) strut your stuff. This is w...
PHIL GARNER

We took advantage. When we started getting guys on base we had nice hitting. Of course, the three-ru...
PHIL GARNER

We covered about 300 homes today. And visited them and checked on whether they had smoke alarms. And...
BRUCE GARNER

Smoke alarms are critical. They're in your home- constantly sniffing your home for smoke. So while y...
BRUCE GARNER

What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor ...
JAMES GARNER

I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room - I love that so...
JENNIFER GARNER

People have pain - they do regrettable things, they feel shame, and shame equals pain.
JENNIFER GARNER

I tell you one thing that makes me feel I haven't wasted my life, and that is I've got some ...
HELEN GARNER

Yeah, I'm willing to do anything, ... This next week, they're hanging me out of a helicopter 200 fee...
JENNIFER GARNER

These guys are tough, I'm telling you. I don't recall any easy games against them. But we'll take it...
PHIL GARNER

He had us in a hole all night. He found the strike zone and he said, 'hit it,' and we didn't.
PHIL GARNER

Usually, over the years, I manage to keep the closer pretty well spread out, ... That's not been the...
PHIL GARNER

I don't like to see that happen because he usually pitches in innings where there's no margin for er...
PHIL GARNER

He's puffed up pretty good. I think he'll be able to play on Friday. We're fortunate to have the off...
PHIL GARNER

Andy pitched very well. He's actually pitched with more velocity than he had tonight, and a little b...
PHIL GARNER

I think the wild card has been exceptionally good for our game, ... Since there are 30 teams in base...
PHIL GARNER

It might be a little more difficult to get (Quintero) a whole lot of playing time, ... Chavez has ha...
PHIL GARNER

You could call it that. I hope nobody knows about him for a while. If nobody pays attention, you can...
PHIL GARNER

You just have to accept the fact that you're probably not going to hit as high as you know you can,
PHIL GARNER

He's putting the ball in play the other way. When he does that, he hits well.
PHIL GARNER

If he wants to do that, I think he could.
PHIL GARNER

He didn't look as dominant as I've seen him in the past. He didn't use a lot of breaking balls or of...
PHIL GARNER

We're going to have to take a personal inventory as a team,
PHIL GARNER

That was a great at-bat. You never know if that has anything to do with the next guy, but when a guy...
PHIL GARNER

I think it's going to be difficult because (Clemens) will probably win the rest of the games this ye...
PHIL GARNER

There's several great points from our standpoint in that game. It was Backe's first time back, and h...
PHIL GARNER

He's still very good, ... He's still better than good. But in comparison to last year, that's what I...
PHIL GARNER

He's missing with his fastball, and he's relying more on his slider,
PHIL GARNER

It's going to be hard not to vote for Carpenter. If Roger keeps going like he's going and Carpenter ...
PHIL GARNER

Whole lot of Dontrelle Willis. A little more than I care to see.
PHIL GARNER

What worries me is that we've had three games that are pretty much stinkers right here lately,
PHIL GARNER

Their pitching is much improved. I think the pitching is why they are where they are. Turnbow's been...
PHIL GARNER

We didn't take them for granted, we just didn't show up offensively today. Some days we're going to ...
PHIL GARNER

It´s a wasted opportunity, no question, ... We didn´t take (the Brewers) for granted, we just didn...
PHIL GARNER

We've had trouble scoring runs this season, period, ... I don't think guys are trying too hard when ...
PHIL GARNER

What worries me is that we've had three games that are stinkers. We didn't look good against Milwauk...
PHIL GARNER

Going after 'the bad guy' has not been a real issue for me.
JENNIFER GARNER

Even though we didn't get the one big goal that we wanted, there are no losers here. We are all winn...
PHIL GARNER

After a lengthy investigation, the violators were identified and charges were filed. It's a great da...
DONALD GARNER

Every one of the deer killed illegally in this incomprehensible spree is a lost opportunity for law-...
DONALD GARNER

I wouldn't want (tax breaks) to last for more than five to 10 years.
DONALD GARNER

It makes wildlife management pretty difficult.
DON GARNER

There's no concept of fair chase to that at all. It's simply a matter of blinding an animal with lig...
DON GARNER

It just seemed like a kill for thrill. They just wanted to watch deer fall.
DON GARNER

I mean, I didn't ever watch 'Gilligan's Island' and think, 'Those people are act...
JENNIFER GARNER

That's the biggest difference in their team this year. They don't look like they're going to strike ...
PHIL GARNER

With guys like him that are so in tune with their swings, they know something's off, and it can be s...
PHIL 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 somewhere that I didn't know existed before, and it frightened me.

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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 somewhere that I didn't know existed before, and it frightened me.

Alan Garner

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