--- title: "8 Like you Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "8 Like you quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Like you sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/neil-gaiman-29_books_in-a-novel-you-can-always-go-back-and-ma_355906.jpg" --- > [In a novel, you can always go back and make it look like you knew what you were doing all along before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/in-a-novel-you-can-always-go-back-and-make-it-look-like-you-knew-what/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/neil-gaiman-29_books_in-a-novel-you-can-always-go-back-and-ma_355906.jpg) > [You get work however you get work. People keep working, in a freelance world, and more and more of today's world is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-get-work-however-you-get-work-people-keep-working-in-a-freelance/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/neil-gaiman-29_easy_you-get-work-however-you-get-work-people_743759.jpg) > [Because if you don't stand up for the stuff you don't like, when they come for the stuff you do like, you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/because-if-you-don-t-stand-up-for-the-stuff-you-don-t-like-when-they/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/neil-gaiman-29_freedom-of-speech_because-if-you-don-t-stand-up-for-the-st_859577.jpg) > [You get work however you get work, but keep people keep working in a freelance world (and more and more of todays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-get-work-however-you-get-work-but-keep-people-keep-working-in-a/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/neil-gaiman-29_attitude_you-get-work-however-you-get-work-but-ke_1425936.jpg) > [There's an expression, deja vu, that means that you feel like you've been somewhere before, that you've somehow already dreamed it or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-s-an-expression-deja-vu-that-means-that-you-feel-like-you-ve/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/neil-gaiman-29_deja-vu_there-s-an-expression-deja-vu-that-means_2242471.jpg) > [I don't think I'm mainstream. I think what I am is lots and lots of different cults. And when you get lots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-don-t-think-i-m-mainstream-i-think-what-i-am-is-lots-and-lots-of/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/neil-gaiman-29_add_i-don-t-think-i-m-mainstream-i-think-wha_2380953.jpg) > [It's like you said the other day," said Adam. "You grow up readin' about pirates and cowboys and spacemen and stuff, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-s-like-you-said-the-other-day-said-adam-you-grow-up-readin-about/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/neil-gaiman-29_adam_it-s-like-you-said-the-other-day-said-ad_2420906.jpg) > [You know what the really scary thing about bad dreams? It's that something's going on in your head, and you can't control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-know-what-the-really-scary-thing-about-bad-dreams-it-s-that/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/neil-gaiman-29_bad-dream_you-know-what-the-really-scary-thing-abo_3056883.jpg) ## Other authors on Like you ## 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/like-you/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "8 Like you Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In a novel, you can always go back and make it look like you knew what you were doing all along before the thing goes out and gets published.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/in-a-novel-you-can-always-go-back-and-make-it-look-like-you-knew-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/neil-gaiman-29_books_in-a-novel-you-can-always-go-back-and-ma_355906.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/neil-gaiman-29_books_in-a-novel-you-can-always-go-back-and-ma_355906.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ade/neil-gaiman-29_books_in-a-novel-you-can-always-go-back-and-ma_355906.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In a novel, you can always go back and make it look like you knew what you were doing all along before the…” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You get work however you get work. 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