--- title: "28 Write Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "28 Write quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Write sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/neil-gaiman-29_books_to-be-a-good-writer-read-a-lot-and-write_1239444.jpg" --- > [To be a good writer... read a lot and write every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/to-be-a-good-writer-read-a-lot-and-write-every-day/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/neil-gaiman-29_books_to-be-a-good-writer-read-a-lot-and-write_1239444.jpg) > [“I make things up and write them down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-make-things-up-and-write-them-down/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/neil-gaiman-29_neil-gaiman_i-make-things-up-and-write-them-down-182_1823834.jpg) > [On the whole, stories don't write themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/on-the-whole-stories-don-t-write-themselves/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/neil-gaiman-29_stories_on-the-whole-stories-don-t-write-themsel_415112.jpg) > [I learned to write by writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-learned-to-write-by-writing/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/363/neil-gaiman-29_funny_i-learned-to-write-by-writing-677338_677338.jpg) > [“All too often I write to find out what I think about a subject, not because I already know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/all-too-often-i-write-to-find-out-what-i-think-about-a-subject-not/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/neil-gaiman-29_writing_all-too-often-i-write-to-find-out-what-i_1484943.jpg) > [The search for the word gets no easier but nobody else is going to write your novel for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-search-for-the-word-gets-no-easier-but-nobody-else-is-going-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/neil-gaiman-29_books_the-search-for-the-word-gets-no-easier-b_728129.jpg) > [If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/if-you-only-write-when-inspired-you-may-be-a-fairly-decent-poet-but/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bb/neil-gaiman-29_decent_if-you-only-write-when-inspired-you-may_2547394.jpg) > [Anywhere that I can't check my email is a good place to write!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/anywhere-that-i-can-t-check-my-email-is-a-good-place-to-write/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/neil-gaiman-29_good-place_anywhere-that-i-can-t-check-my-email-is_883304.jpg) > [Write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/write-or-draw-or-build-or-sing-or-live-as-only-you-can-and-i-hope/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/neil-gaiman-29_draw_write-or-draw-or-build-or-sing-or-live-a_377312.jpg) > [Writer advice... Write. Finish things. Go for walks. Read a lot & outside your comfort zone. Stay interested. Daydream. Write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/writer-advice-write-finish-things-go-for-walks-read-a-lot-outside/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/neil-gaiman-29_advice_writer-advice-write-finish-things-go-for_261801.jpg) > [Write. Finish things. Get them published. Write something else while you're waiting for someone to publish the first thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/write-finish-things-get-them-published-write-something-else-while-you/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/neil-gaiman-29_firsts_write-finish-things-get-them-published-w_1453255.jpg) > [Writing may or may not be your salvation; it might or might not be your destiny. But that does not matter. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/writing-may-or-may-not-be-your-salvation-it-might-or-might-not-be/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/neil-gaiman-29_destiny_writing-may-or-may-not-be-your-salvation_1835061.jpg) > [I learned to write by writing. I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-learned-to-write-by-writing-i-tended-to-do-anything-as-long-as-it/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/neil-gaiman-29_adventure_i-learned-to-write-by-writing-i-tended-t_107789.jpg) > [Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/remember-that-sooner-or-later-before-it-ever-reaches-perfection-you/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/neil-gaiman-29_chasing_remember-that-sooner-or-later-before-it_678100.jpg) > [Anything that keeps you happy and writing is part of my writing ritual: I like music, so I tend to have it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/anything-that-keeps-you-happy-and-writing-is-part-of-my-writing/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51c/neil-gaiman-29_airports_anything-that-keeps-you-happy-and-writin_860028.jpg) > [“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/neil-gaiman-29_backache_people-talk-about-books-that-write-thems_856.jpg) > [Sometimes an old idea gets relegated to the back of the line in the mad delight of a new idea, one you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/sometimes-an-old-idea-gets-relegated-to-the-back-of-the-line-in-the/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/neil-gaiman-29_adventure_sometimes-an-old-idea-gets-relegated-to_73921.jpg) > [If you give a writer a pile of blank paper and say you can write anything you like on any subject you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/if-you-give-a-writer-a-pile-of-blank-paper-and-say-you-can-write/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/neil-gaiman-29_blank-paper_if-you-give-a-writer-a-pile-of-blank-pap_1615131.jpg) > [The biggest pitfall to avoid is not writing. Not writing is really, really easy to do, especially if you're a young writer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-biggest-pitfall-to-avoid-is-not-writing-not-writing-is-really/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/neil-gaiman-29_common_the-biggest-pitfall-to-avoid-is-not-writ_2246176.jpg) > [One word after another. That's the only way that novels get written and, short of elves coming in the night and turning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/one-word-after-another-that-s-the-only-way-that-novels-get-written/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/neil-gaiman-29_books_one-word-after-another-that-s-the-only-w_2418280.jpg) > [The best advice I can give on this is, once it's done, to put it away until you can read it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-best-advice-i-can-give-on-this-is-once-it-s-done-to-put-it-away/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/neil-gaiman-29_advice_the-best-advice-i-can-give-on-this-is-on_188566.jpg) > [“I’m convinced if I keep going one day I will write something decent. On very bad days I will observe that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-m-convinced-if-i-keep-going-one-day-i-will-write-something-decent/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/neil-gaiman-29_bad-day_i-m-convinced-if-i-keep-going-one-day-i_2484620.jpg) > [I know that the way to be a really successful writer is to write the same kind of book over and over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-know-that-the-way-to-be-a-really-successful-writer-is-to-write-the/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/neil-gaiman-29_book_i-know-that-the-way-to-be-a-really-succe_3176606.jpg) > [I'd love to write some porn, but I don't know if I have the right engines. When I was a young man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-d-love-to-write-some-porn-but-i-don-t-know-if-i-have-the-right/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/neil-gaiman-29_children_i-d-love-to-write-some-porn-but-i-don-t_1099948.jpg) > [I’m an author. We don’t want to lead. We don’t need to follow. We stay home and make stuff up and write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-m-an-author-we-don-t-want-to-lead-we-don-t-need-to-follow-we-stay/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ada/neil-gaiman-29_books_i-m-an-author-we-don-t-want-to-lead-we-d_3140279.jpg) > ["Only write what you know" is very good advice. I do my best to stick to it. I wrote about gods and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/only-write-what-you-know-is-very-good-advice-i-do-my-best-to-stick-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/neil-gaiman-29_advice_only-write-what-you-know-is-very-good-ad_518037.jpg) > [Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/write-your-story-as-it-needs-to-be-written-write-it-honestly-and-tell/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/neil-gaiman-29_honestly_write-your-story-as-it-needs-to-be-writt_2623021.jpg) > [The secret to writing is just to write. Write every day. Never stop writing. Write on every surface you see; write on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-secret-to-writing-is-just-to-write-write-every-day-never-stop/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/neil-gaiman-29_car_the-secret-to-writing-is-just-to-write-w_1594243.jpg) ## Other authors on Write ## 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/write/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "28 Write Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To be a good writer... read a lot and write every day.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/to-be-a-good-writer-read-a-lot-and-write-every-day/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/neil-gaiman-29_books_to-be-a-good-writer-read-a-lot-and-write_1239444.jpg", "contentUrl": 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