--- title: "7 Asked Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "7 Asked quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Asked sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/neil-gaiman-29_asked_now-where-do-i-bring-this-thing-down-i-a_793909.jpg" --- > [“Now, where do I bring this thing down?" I asked. There was a hesitation, then, "You don't. We didn't design it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/now-where-do-i-bring-this-thing-down-i-asked-there-was-a-hesitation/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/neil-gaiman-29_asked_now-where-do-i-bring-this-thing-down-i-a_793909.jpg) > ["Where do you get your ideas?" That's the one question I'm genuinely sick of being asked, and also genuinely fascinated by. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/where-do-you-get-your-ideas-that-s-the-one-question-i-m-genuinely/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/neil-gaiman-29_answers_where-do-you-get-your-ideas-that-s-the-o_982053.jpg) > [“How old are you, really?” I asked. “Eleven.” I thought for a bit. Then I asked, “How long have you been eleven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/how-old-are-you-really-i-asked-eleven-i-thought-for-a-bit-then-i/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/neil-gaiman-29_quote_how-old-are-you-really-i-asked-eleven-i_1243588.jpg) > [“How old are you, really?’ I asked. ‘Eleven.’ I thought for a while. Then I asked, ‘How long have you been eleven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/how-old-are-you-really-i-asked-eleven-i-thought-for-a-while-then-i/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/neil-gaiman-29_quote_how-old-are-you-really-i-asked-eleven-i_2106827.jpg) > [“Now what?” asked Fat Charlie. “Shall we all join hands and contact the living?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/now-what-asked-fat-charlie-shall-we-all-join-hands-and-contact-the/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/neil-gaiman-29_asked_now-what-asked-fat-charlie-shall-we-all_2403240.jpg) > [“How do you know?" She shrugged. "Once you’ve been around for a bit, you get to know stuff." I kicked a stone.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/how-do-you-know-she-shrugged-once-you-ve-been-around-for-a-bit-you/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/neil-gaiman-29_asked_how-do-you-know-she-shrugged-once-you-ve_2617030.jpg) > [Well," he said, "f’r example, if they ask where you’ve come from, you could say ‘Behind me,’and if they asked where you’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/well-he-said-f-r-example-if-they-ask-where-you-ve-come-from-you-could/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/neil-gaiman-29_asked_well-he-said-f-r-example-if-they-ask-whe_3082518.jpg) ## Other authors on Asked ## More by Neil Gaiman > [“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/people-talk-about-books-that-write-themselves-and-it-s-a-lie-books/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Like all sentient beings, Fat Charlie had a weirdness quotient. For some days the needle had been over in the red, occasionally banging jerkily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/like-all-sentient-beings-fat-charlie-had-a-weirdness-quotient-for/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Shadow crawled across the floor to the yellow foam-rubber pad and climbed onto it, pulling the thin blanket over himself, and closed his eyes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/shadow-crawled-across-the-floor-to-the-yellow-foam-rubber-pad-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [ “\[T\]hey could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the center of its world, as each of us does.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/t-hey-could-not-help-being-amused-every-time-another-little-human/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [So many things to see, people to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/so-many-things-to-see-people-to-do/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.’ – Ben Franklin,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/three-may-keep-a-secret-if-two-of-them-are-dead-ben-franklin/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once you've written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-need-more-than-a-beginning-if-you-re-going-to-start-a-book-if-all/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-can-tell-the-date-of-an-old-science-fiction-novel-by-every-word/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“The quickest way is sometimes the longest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-quickest-way-is-sometimes-the-longest/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/they-were-spells-spelled-with-words-to-make-worlds-waiting-for-me-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/finish-what-you-re-writing-whatever-you-have-to-do-to-finish-it/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [What do stars do? They shine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-do-stars-do-they-shine/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“What," asked Mr Croup, "do you want?" "What," asked the Marquis de Carabas, a little more rhetorically, "does anyone want?" "Dead things," suggested Mr…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-asked-mr-croup-do-you-want-what-asked-the-marquis-de-carabas-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [You get on with your own life. Lettie gave it to you. You just have to grow up and try and be worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-get-on-with-your-own-life-lettie-gave-it-to-you-you-just-have-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) > [“Eyes will not see you. Minds will not hold you. Where you are is nothing and nobody”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/eyes-will-not-see-you-minds-will-not-hold-you-where-you-are-is/) [neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asked/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "7 Asked Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Now, where do I bring this thing down?\" I asked. There was a hesitation, then, \"You don't. We didn't design it to return. It was a redundancy we had no need for. Too costly, in terms of resources.\" \"So what do I do? I just saved the Earth. 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