--- title: "7 Draws Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "7 Draws quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Draws sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/neil-gaiman-29_draw_write-or-draw-or-build-or-sing-or-live-a_377312.jpg" --- > [Write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/write-or-draw-or-build-or-sing-or-live-as-only-you-can-and-i-hope/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/neil-gaiman-29_draw_write-or-draw-or-build-or-sing-or-live-a_377312.jpg) > [Do the stuff that only you can do. The urge, starting out, is to copy. And that's not a bad thing. Most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/do-the-stuff-that-only-you-can-do-the-urge-starting-out-is-to-copy/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/neil-gaiman-29_bad-thing_do-the-stuff-that-only-you-can-do-the-ur_535298.jpg) > [Gods, religions and national boundaries are absolutely imaginary. They don't tend to exist. As soon as you pull back half a mile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/gods-religions-and-national-boundaries-are-absolutely-imaginary-they/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/neil-gaiman-29_assuming_gods-religions-and-national-boundaries-a_980422.jpg) > [The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-one-thing-that-you-have-that-nobody-else-has-is-you-your-voice-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fe/neil-gaiman-29_dance_the-one-thing-that-you-have-that-nobody_1241252.jpg) > [Don't worry about trying to develop a style. Style is what you can't help doing. If you write enough, you draw enough,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/don-t-worry-about-trying-to-develop-a-style-style-is-what-you-can-t/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/neil-gaiman-29_draws_don-t-worry-about-trying-to-develop-a-st_2551027.jpg) > [I like 'pencil-necked weasel'. It has 'pencil' in it. Pencils are good things. You can draw or write things with pencils. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-like-pencil-necked-weasel-it-has-pencil-in-it-pencils-are-good/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/neil-gaiman-29_draws_i-like-pencil-necked-weasel-it-has-penci_2771541.jpg) > [May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/may-your-coming-year-be-filled-with-magic-and-dreams-and-good-madness-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/neil-gaiman-29_art_may-your-coming-year-be-filled-with-magi_2996754.jpg) ## Other authors on Draws ## 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/draws/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "7 Draws Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. 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