--- title: "7 Short Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "7 Short quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Short sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/neil-gaiman-29_generation_like-some-kind-of-particularly-tenacious_75866.jpg" --- > [Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/like-some-kind-of-particularly-tenacious-vampire-the-short-story/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/neil-gaiman-29_generation_like-some-kind-of-particularly-tenacious_75866.jpg) > [“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/short-stories-are-tiny-windows-into-other-worlds-and-other-minds-and/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/neil-gaiman-29_dinner_short-stories-are-tiny-windows-into-othe_251662.jpg) > [The short story is still like the novel's wayward younger brother, we know that it's not respectable - but I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-short-story-is-still-like-the-novel-s-wayward-younger-brother-we/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/neil-gaiman-29_add_the-short-story-is-still-like-the-novel_894168.jpg) > [I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-think-the-short-story-is-a-very-underrated-art-form-we-know-that/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/neil-gaiman-29_art_i-think-the-short-story-is-a-very-underr_1749437.jpg) > [As a teenager I wrote to R.A. Lafferty. And he responded, too, with letters that were like R.A. Lafferty short stories, filled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/as-a-teenager-i-wrote-to-r-a-lafferty-and-he-responded-too-with/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/neil-gaiman-29_answers_as-a-teenager-i-wrote-to-r-a-lafferty-an_2188378.jpg) > [A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick -- a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/a-short-story-is-the-ultimate-close-up-magic-trick-a-couple-of/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/neil-gaiman-29_break_a-short-story-is-the-ultimate-close-up-m_2210713.jpg) > [Every now and then I'll do little things, a short story or something, that doesn't have any fantastical elements, but mostly I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/every-now-and-then-i-ll-do-little-things-a-short-story-or-something/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f2/neil-gaiman-29_elements_every-now-and-then-i-ll-do-little-things_3208275.jpg) ## Other authors on Short ## 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/short/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "7 Short Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be a wonderful length for our generation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/like-some-kind-of-particularly-tenacious-vampire-the-short-story/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/neil-gaiman-29_generation_like-some-kind-of-particularly-tenacious_75866.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/neil-gaiman-29_generation_like-some-kind-of-particularly-tenacious_75866.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/neil-gaiman-29_generation_like-some-kind-of-particularly-tenacious_75866.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in…” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. 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