--- title: "19 Good thing Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "19 Good thing quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Good thing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/neil-gaiman-29_good-thing_the-first-thing-was-i-love-you-because-i_1097239.jpg" --- > [“The first thing was “I love you,” because it’s a good thing to say if you can mean it, and Shadow did.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-first-thing-was-i-love-you-because-it-s-a-good-thing-to-say-if/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/neil-gaiman-29_good-thing_the-first-thing-was-i-love-you-because-i_1097239.jpg) > [On the whole, anything that gets you writing and keeps you writing is a good thing. Anything that stops you writing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/on-the-whole-anything-that-gets-you-writing-and-keeps-you-writing-is/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/neil-gaiman-29_bad-thing_on-the-whole-anything-that-gets-you-writ_3008746.jpg) > [Discontent is a good thing: discontented people can modify and improve their worlds, leave them better, leave them different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/discontent-is-a-good-thing-discontented-people-can-modify-and-improve/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/neil-gaiman-29_different_discontent-is-a-good-thing-discontented_1813305.jpg) > [ “I'm a has-been. Who the fuck cares about me?" Shadows said softly, "You're a god". Wednesday looked at him sharply. \[...\] "So?"… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-m-a-has-been-who-the-fuck-cares-about-me-shadows-said-softly-you-re/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/neil-gaiman-29_god_i-m-a-has-been-who-the-fuck-cares-about_1596322.jpg) > [And life is a good thing for a writer. It's where we get our raw material, for a start. We quite like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/and-life-is-a-good-thing-for-a-writer-it-s-where-we-get-our-raw/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20a/neil-gaiman-29_good-thing_and-life-is-a-good-thing-for-a-writer-it_765794.jpg) > [“It’s a good thing to have friends with more houses than they have bodies, especially if they’re happy to share.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-s-a-good-thing-to-have-friends-with-more-houses-than-they-have/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f72/neil-gaiman-29_friendship_it-s-a-good-thing-to-have-friends-with-m_1433853.jpg) > [Something feels weird," he told Laura. That wasn't the first thing he said to her. The first thing was "I love you,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/something-feels-weird-he-told-laura-that-wasn-t-the-first-thing-he/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/neil-gaiman-29_feels_something-feels-weird-he-told-laura-that_1543797.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) > [You wouldn't die in here, nothing ever dies in here, but if you stayed here for too long, after a while just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-wouldn-t-die-in-here-nothing-ever-dies-in-here-but-if-you-stayed/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/neil-gaiman-29_enough_you-wouldn-t-die-in-here-nothing-ever-di_247674.jpg) > [Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/fiction-can-show-you-a-different-world-it-can-take-you-somewhere-you/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/neil-gaiman-29_different_fiction-can-show-you-a-different-world-i_508028.jpg) > [“I'm a has-been. Who the fuck cares about me?" Shadow said softly, "You're a god." Wednesday looked at him sharply. He seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-m-a-has-been-who-the-fuck-cares-about-me-shadow-said-softly-you-re/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/neil-gaiman-29_god_i-m-a-has-been-who-the-fuck-cares-about_1442387.jpg) > [The best thing—in Shadow's opinion, perhaps the only good thing—about being in prison was a feeling of relief. The feeling that he'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-best-thing-in-shadow-s-opinion-perhaps-the-only-good-thing-about/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/neil-gaiman-29_american-gods_the-best-thing-in-shadow-s-opinion-perha_2126659.jpg) > [I had started to feel that somewhere in the second half of the 20th century, the idea of page-turning as a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-had-started-to-feel-that-somewhere-in-the-second-half-of-the-20th/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/neil-gaiman-29_20th-century_i-had-started-to-feel-that-somewhere-in_2770639.jpg) > [“I’m convinced if I keep going one day I will write something decent. On very bad days I will observe that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-m-convinced-if-i-keep-going-one-day-i-will-write-something-decent/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/neil-gaiman-29_bad-day_i-m-convinced-if-i-keep-going-one-day-i_2484620.jpg) > [I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-believe-we-have-an-obligation-to-read-for-pleasure-in-private-and-3/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/neil-gaiman-29_believe_i-believe-we-have-an-obligation-to-read_2834612.jpg) > [“Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/fiction-can-show-you-a-different-world-it-can-take-you-somewhere-you-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/neil-gaiman-29_bad-thing_fiction-can-show-you-a-different-world-i_1546244.jpg) > [“When the web started, I used to get really grumpy with people because they put my poems up. They put my stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/when-the-web-started-i-used-to-get-really-grumpy-with-people-because/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/neil-gaiman-29_american-gods_when-the-web-started-i-used-to-get-reall_610354.jpg) > [“The best thing...perhaps the only good thing--about being in prison was a feeling of relief. The feeling that he'd plunged as low…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-best-thing-perhaps-the-only-good-thing-about-being-in-prison-was/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cec/neil-gaiman-29_good-thing_the-best-thing-perhaps-the-only-good-thi_1095061.jpg) > [“I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-believe-we-have-an-obligation-to-read-for-pleasure-in-private-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/neil-gaiman-29_books_i-believe-we-have-an-obligation-to-read_1054526.jpg) ## Other authors on Good thing ## 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/good-thing/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "19 Good thing Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The first thing was “I love you,” because it’s a good thing to say if you can mean it, and Shadow did.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-first-thing-was-i-love-you-because-it-s-a-good-thing-to-say-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/neil-gaiman-29_good-thing_the-first-thing-was-i-love-you-because-i_1097239.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/neil-gaiman-29_good-thing_the-first-thing-was-i-love-you-because-i_1097239.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/neil-gaiman-29_good-thing_the-first-thing-was-i-love-you-because-i_1097239.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The first thing was “I love you,” because it’s a good thing to say if you can mean it, and Shadow did.” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On the whole, anything that gets you writing and keeps you writing is a good thing. 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