--- title: "7 Claims Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "7 Claims quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Claims sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/neil-gaiman-29_claims_i-suppose-i-could-claim-that-i-had-suspe_1030266.jpg" --- > [I suppose I could claim that I had suspected that the world was a cheap and shoddy sham, a bad cover for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-suppose-i-could-claim-that-i-had-suspected-that-the-world-was-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/neil-gaiman-29_claims_i-suppose-i-could-claim-that-i-had-suspe_1030266.jpg) > [Set your fantasies in the here and now and then, if challenged, claim to be writing Magical Realism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/set-your-fantasies-in-the-here-and-now-and-then-if-challenged-claim/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/neil-gaiman-29_claims_set-your-fantasies-in-the-here-and-now-a_1497003.jpg) > [I was bright, and I could use that as a weapon: words can wound, whatever those sticks and stones sayings claim about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-was-bright-and-i-could-use-that-as-a-weapon-words-can-wound/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/neil-gaiman-29_claims_i-was-bright-and-i-could-use-that-as-a-w_2119373.jpg) > [Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/read-read-anything-read-the-things-they-say-are-good-for-you-and-the/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/neil-gaiman-29_books_read-read-anything-read-the-things-they_2293112.jpg) > [Some of us claim that he was a messiah, and some think that he was just a man with very special powers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/some-of-us-claim-that-he-was-a-messiah-and-some-think-that-he-was/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/neil-gaiman-29_changed_some-of-us-claim-that-he-was-a-messiah-a_2371832.jpg) > [I knowed a man in Paphlagonia who'd swallow a live snake every morning, when he got up. He used to say, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-knowed-a-man-in-paphlagonia-who-d-swallow-a-live-snake-every/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/neil-gaiman-29_centipedes_i-knowed-a-man-in-paphlagonia-who-d-swal_2698764.jpg) > [I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-believe-that-anyone-who-claims-to-know-what-s-going-on-will-lie/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/neil-gaiman-29_believe_i-believe-that-anyone-who-claims-to-know_3007575.jpg) ## Other authors on Claims ## 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/claims/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "7 Claims Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I suppose I could claim that I had suspected that the world was a cheap and shoddy sham, a bad cover for something deeper and weirder and infinitely more strange, and that, in some way, I already know the truth. But I think that's just how the world has always been. And even now I know the truth, the world still seems cheap and shoddy. 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