I personally have a great deal of respect for readers. I have a great deal of respect for the human race. I… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
He stared up at the stars: and it seemed to him then that they were dancers, stately and graceful, performing a dance… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Human beings do not relate to written words in the same way that they will relate to spoken words. They do not… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at the stars because we are human. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
This little piggy went to Hades This little piggy stayed home This little piggy ate raw and steaming human flesh This little… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Sometimes human beings are very much like bees. Bees are fiercely protective of their hive, provided you are outside it. Once you’re… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You got to understand the god thing. It’s not magic. It’s about being you, but the you that people believe in. It’s… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
There are only two worlds - your world, which is the real world, and other worlds, the fantasy. Worlds like this are… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
And weren't, when you got right down to it, particularly evil. Human beings mostly aren't. They just get carried away by new… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Human beings do not like being pushed about by gods. They may seem to, on the surface, but somewhere on the inside,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Stories are the things that allow us to persuade each other that we're human. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
All cats can see futures, and see echoes of the past. We can watch the passage of creatures from the infinity of… — 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