I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes book finish learn
If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you. Alan Garner makestopwrite Change image and share on social
My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would want to read 'Boneland.' Alan Garner ageattitudeboneland Change image and share on social
My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis. Alan Garner backbackgrounddeep Change image and share on social
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it. Michael Morpurgo actalanaloud share on social
There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs. Christine McVie bookbunchfind Change image and share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social
