--- title: "20 Young Quotes By Neil Gaiman" description: "20 Young quotes by Neil Gaiman. Plus more from Neil Gaiman and more Young sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/neil-gaiman-29_anything_when-i-was-young-i-was-reading-anything_132641.jpg" --- > [When I was young, I was reading anything and anything I could lay my hands on. I was a veracious-to-the-point-of-insane reader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/when-i-was-young-i-was-reading-anything-and-anything-i-could-lay-my/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/neil-gaiman-29_anything_when-i-was-young-i-was-reading-anything_132641.jpg) > [And, too ignorant to be scared, too young to be awed, Tristan Thorn traveled beyond the fields we know...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/and-too-ignorant-to-be-scared-too-young-to-be-awed-tristan-thorn/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/neil-gaiman-29_fields_and-too-ignorant-to-be-scared-too-young_1511977.jpg) > [Writing imaginative tales for the young is like sending coals to Newcastle. For coals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/writing-imaginative-tales-for-the-young-is-like-sending-coals-to/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/neil-gaiman-29_coal_writing-imaginative-tales-for-the-young_3186146.jpg) > [When I was young I was a fool. So wrap me up in dreams and death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/when-i-was-young-i-was-a-fool-so-wrap-me-up-in-dreams-and-death/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/neil-gaiman-29_death_when-i-was-young-i-was-a-fool-so-wrap-me_2423151.jpg) > [You are young, and in love. Every young man in your position is the most miserable young man who ever lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/you-are-young-and-in-love-every-young-man-in-your-position-is-the/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/neil-gaiman-29_love_you-are-young-and-in-love-every-young-ma_1390562.jpg) > [There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart’s Desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-was-once-a-young-man-who-wished-to-gain-his-heart-s-desire/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/neil-gaiman-29_desire_there-was-once-a-young-man-who-wished-to_2254641.jpg) > [What a refreshing mind you have, young man. There really is nothing quite like total ignorance, is there?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-a-refreshing-mind-you-have-young-man-there-really-is-nothing/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/neil-gaiman-29_ignorance_what-a-refreshing-mind-you-have-young-ma_2739379.jpg) > [I am the most miserable person who ever lived," he said... "You are young, and in love," said Primus. "Every young man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-am-the-most-miserable-person-who-ever-lived-he-said-you-are-young/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/neil-gaiman-29_love_i-am-the-most-miserable-person-who-ever_2591981.jpg) > [The young woman was crying, in the way that grownups cry, keeping it inside as much as they can, and hating it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-young-woman-was-crying-in-the-way-that-grownups-cry-keeping-it/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/neil-gaiman-29_cry_the-young-woman-was-crying-in-the-way-th_345455.jpg) > [It is not that I was credulous, simply that I belived in all things dark and dangerous. It was part of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/it-is-not-that-i-was-credulous-simply-that-i-belived-in-all-things/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/neil-gaiman-29_black_it-is-not-that-i-was-credulous-simply-th_1645422.jpg) > [Now Coraline," said Miss Spink, "what's your name?" "Coraline," said Coraline. "And we don't know each other, do we?" Coraline looked at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/now-coraline-said-miss-spink-what-s-your-name-coraline-said-coraline/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/neil-gaiman-29_black_now-coraline-said-miss-spink-what-s-your_1526835.jpg) > [When I was young, you know, the first foreign editions that would come in of anything of mine, I'd sit there and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/when-i-was-young-you-know-the-first-foreign-editions-that-would-come/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/neil-gaiman-29_artifacts_when-i-was-young-you-know-the-first-fore_3179099.jpg) > [That's the trouble with you young people. You think because you ain't been here long, you know everything. In my life I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/that-s-the-trouble-with-you-young-people-you-think-because-you-ain-t/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/neil-gaiman-29_forgot_that-s-the-trouble-with-you-young-people_2755832.jpg) > [Young man," he said, "understand this: there are two Londons. There's London Above―that's where you lived―and then there's London Below―the Underside―inhabited by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/young-man-he-said-understand-this-there-are-two-londons-there-s/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/neil-gaiman-29_cracks_young-man-he-said-understand-this-there_2105734.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) > [When you're starting off as a young writer, you look at all the stuff that's gone before and the stuff that's influenced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/when-you-re-starting-off-as-a-young-writer-you-look-at-all-the-stuff/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e12/neil-gaiman-29_gone_when-you-re-starting-off-as-a-young-writ_312576.jpg) > [When I was a kid and a young man I read everything. When I was about 23, I was incredibly lucky in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/when-i-was-a-kid-and-a-young-man-i-read-everything-when-i-was-about/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/neil-gaiman-29_amount_when-i-was-a-kid-and-a-young-man-i-read_1361298.jpg) > [The young man shivered. He rolled the stock themes of fantasy over in his mind: cars and stockbrokers and commuters, housewives and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/the-young-man-shivered-he-rolled-the-stock-themes-of-fantasy-over-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/neil-gaiman-29_agony_the-young-man-shivered-he-rolled-the-sto_29491.jpg) > [I'm not blessed, or merciful. I'm just me. I've got a job to do, and I do it. Listen: even as we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-m-not-blessed-or-merciful-i-m-just-me-i-ve-got-a-job-to-do-and-i-do/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/neil-gaiman-29_abomination_i-m-not-blessed-or-merciful-i-m-just-me_534637.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) ## Other authors on Young ## 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/young/neil-gaiman/#itemlist", "name": "20 Young Quotes By Neil Gaiman", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was young, I was reading anything and anything I could lay my hands on. 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