I think I would rather be a man than a god. We don’t need anyone to believe in us. We just keep… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think most things are pretty magical, and that it's less a matter of belief than it is one of just stopping… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
None of this is truly happening," he said to Shadow. He sounded miserable. "It's all in your head. Best not to think… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Reason. It is no more reliable a tool than instinct, myth or dream. But it has the potential to be far more… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think I love my dreaming process because one of the things that my dreaming process does is sort out stories for… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
She had such unusual eyes. They made me think of the seaside, and so I called her Ocean, and could not have… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think there should be an Occupy Gallifrey. Because 0.000001% of the people have 99.99999% of the Time. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Media. I think I have heard of her. Isn't she the one who killed her children? — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You must have a bladder like Lake Erie. I think empires rose and fell in the time it took you to pee.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I was thinking one of the great things about fiction is we, as a race, only get to look out of our… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I always say that if you're a novelist, the challenge is not writing what you think ought to happen, but trying in… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
There's this thing, they have in french: L'espirit d'escalier. The spirit of the stairway. I don't think we have a word for… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Now me,” said Mr. Vandemar. “What number am I thinking of?” “I beg your pardon?” “What number am I thinking of?” repeated… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I don't think you get perfect couples. At best you get two people building something, and working at it, and loving each… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
To be honest, I think love is complete bullshit. I don't think anyone ever loves anyone. I think the best people ever… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily think stories have functions any more than diamonds have functions, or the sky has a function... Stories exist. They… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
But surely "Argh" is the sound of a sort of strangulated scream. "Aargh" is the sound of a stabbing, or a falling… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Suggestions? Put it aside for a few days, or longer, do other things, try not to think about it. Then sit down… — 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
I love writing in longhand. Writing in longhand, I think, is a marvelous thing to do for a writer these days. If… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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
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 all do the same things. They may think their sins are original, but for the most part they are petty and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
My stuff gets published in some countries as fiction and in some countries as fantasy. It's just where they think it will… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think...that I would rather recollect a life mis-spent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral debt. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think that is something that I always like in my work - the sense of inclusion rather than the sense of… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Charitably... I think... sometimes, perhaps, one must change or die. And, in the end, there were, perhaps, limits to how much he… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I don't think it would be fun to write after inhaling art fumes. (What are art fumes?) No, I just make stuff… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You know, I'm normally so sanguine. But... being accused of rushing these two books out to cash in on the Newbery Medal,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I used to get my best ideas from being bored, and now, if I even think I'm being faintly bored, I have… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
If I were only allowed to read or enjoy art or listen to music made by people whose opinions and beliefs were… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I suspect there are two kinds of novelists. Those who have a point of view and have something to say and then… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
You know, it's weird being interviewed! Because the weird thing about being interviewed is you get asked these questions that you've never… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Of course you don't believe in fairies. You're fifteen. You think I believed in fairies at fifteen? Took me until I was… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
This is a work of fiction. Still, given an infinite number of possible worlds, it must be true on one of them.… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
As for thinking time versus writing time, well, that's up to you. But - and I wish it were otherwise - books… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I guess it's just another one of life's little mysteries." "I'm tired of mysteries." "Yeah? I think they add a kind 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
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