And I thought, eight years ago, when I began carefully charting the progress of American Gods, nervously dipping my toes into the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
For tea she went down to see Misses Spink and Forcible. She had three digestive biscuits, a glass of limeade, and a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
They were kissing. Put like that, and you could be forgiven for presuming that this was a normal kiss, all lips and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I miss you', he admitted. 'I'm here', she said. 'That's when I miss you most. When you're here. When you aren't here,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You are obvious, boy. You are difficult to miss. If you came to me in company with a purple lion, a green… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Name the different kinds of people,’ said Miss Lupescu. ‘Now.’ Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living,’ he said. ‘Er. The dead.’… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Now Coraline," said Miss Spink, "what's your name?" "Coraline," said Coraline. "And we don't know each other, do we?" Coraline looked at… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled.... — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Coraline opened the box of chocolates. The dog looked at them longingly. "Would you like one?" she asked the little dog. "Yes,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Traveling through the Dragon's Den, it has just been explained that Haroun, the Ifrit, has been caught in a mirror trap. Here… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Some of us claim that he was a messiah, and some think that he was just a man with very special powers.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
On the first day Coraline's family moved in, Miss Spink and Miss Forcible made a point of telling Coraline how dangerous the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Repeat after me, there are the living and the dead, there are day-folk and night-folk, there are ghouls and mist-walkers, there are… — 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
