The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When writing a novel, that's pretty much entirely what life turns into: 'House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It seemed to Coraline that it was crouching, and staring down at her, as if it were not really a house but… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When you reach the little house, the place your journey started, you will recognize it, although it will seem much smaller than… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, we actually lived in a house that had been divided in two at one point, which meant… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
So you used to know everything?" She wrinkled her nose. "Everybody did. I told you. It's nothing special, knowing how things work.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Imagine a mosaic picture of a house in the country: lots of red and blue and yellow and black and brown and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Death’s a funny thing. I used to think it was a big, sudden thing, like a huge owl that would swoop down… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
There are characters in some short stories who exist as people, and there are other characters in different short stories who exist… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“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… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Like all sentient beings, Fat Charlie had a weirdness quotient. For some days the needle had been over in the red, occasionally banging jerkily… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“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,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“[T]hey could not help being amused every time another little human believed itself the center of its world, as each of us does.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image