American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I’m sure there are words that are simply in there ’cause I like them. I know I couldn’t justify each and every one of them.
Neil Gaiman
Writing, Creativity, Wordcount, Storytelling, Expression
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Planning | Novel | Compassion | Storyteller | Attachment | Reward | Social Media | Duality | Librarians | Popularity | Growing Up | Challenge | Darkreality | Norse Legends | Discipline | Creative Freedom | Beyond | Passion | Unconventional | Terror | More
More Neil Gaiman Quotes
“I kept starting 'Anansi Boys' as a movie and stopping, and eventually wrote the novel and was happy.” Neil Gaiman
Writing Process, Adaptation, Persistence, Satisfaction, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Writing Process, Adaptation, Persistence, Satisfaction, Creativity“Walk any path in Destiny’s garden, and you will be forced to choose, not once but many times.” Neil Gaiman
Choices, Destiny, Life, Decisions, Journey
Neil Gaiman Choices, Destiny, Life, Decisions, Journey“To be Despair. It is a portrait. Only close your eyes and feel.” Neil Gaiman
Emotions, Despair, Introspection, Feeling, Darkness
Neil Gaiman Emotions, Despair, Introspection, Feeling, Darkness“My theory on genre is that while there are people out there who believe that genre tells people what to read, actually I believe that genre exists as a marketing tool to tell you what to avoid.” Neil Gaiman
Genre, Marketing, Literature, Reading, Perception
Neil Gaiman Genre, Marketing, Literature, Reading, Perception“What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore it knows it's not fooling a soul.” Neil Gaiman
Town, Bookstore, Community, Culture, Importance
Neil Gaiman Town, Bookstore, Community, Culture, Importance“If there’s one thing that a study of history has taught us, it is that things can always get worse.” Neil Gaiman
History, Lessons, Pessimism, Change, Awareness
Neil Gaiman History, Lessons, Pessimism, Change, Awareness“I make things up and write them down.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Creativity, Imagination, Storytelling, Simplicity
Neil Gaiman Writing, Creativity, Imagination, Storytelling, Simplicity“With 'Stardust', I hope what I was doing is giving 30-year-olds and 40-year-olds and 25-year-olds and 60-year-olds a chance to get the same sense of wonder, the same feeling, the same magic, that they got in reading the classic fairy tales as children.” Neil Gaiman
Wonder, Storytelling, Magic, Nostalgia, Ageless Appeal
Neil Gaiman Wonder, Storytelling, Magic, Nostalgia, Ageless Appeal“One thing that I get from a lot of people with American Gods is people saying that they would love some kind of glossary with a list of all the Gods and who they are, so that they can look them up.” Neil Gaiman
American Gods, Mythology, Learning, Understanding, Culture
Neil Gaiman American Gods, Mythology, Learning, Understanding, Culture“Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.” Neil Gaiman
Feedback, Honesty, Perspective, Writing, Communication
Neil Gaiman Feedback, Honesty, Perspective, Writing, Communication“If I were only allowed to read or enjoy art or listen to music made by people whose opinions and beliefs were the same as mine, I think the world would be a pretty dismal sort of a place.” Neil Gaiman
Diversity, Art, Perspectives, Culture, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Diversity, Art, Perspectives, Culture, Creativity“I know not whether you came to me or I to you. Not whether it was a dream, asleep or awake. I am lost in the darkness of a downcast heart. Dream or reality. Let it be decided tonight.” Neil Gaiman
Dream, Reality, Relationship, Confusion, Introspection
Neil Gaiman Dream, Reality, Relationship, Confusion, Introspection“In my dream, it was the tongue of what is, and anything spoken in it becomes real, because nothing said in that language can be a lie. It is the most basic building brick of everything.” Neil Gaiman
Language, Truth, Reality, Dreams, Creation
Neil Gaiman Language, Truth, Reality, Dreams, Creation“To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.” Neil Gaiman
Toast, Remembrance, Nostalgia, Respect, Mythology
Neil Gaiman Toast, Remembrance, Nostalgia, Respect, Mythology“It is neither fair nor unfair, Nobody Owens. It simply is.” Neil Gaiman
Fairness, Acceptance, Life, Reality, Philosophy
Neil Gaiman Fairness, Acceptance, Life, Reality, Philosophy“Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.” Neil Gaiman
Music, Comparison, Lifestyle, Creativity, Humor
Neil Gaiman Music, Comparison, Lifestyle, Creativity, Humor“We are always living in the final days. What have you got? A hundred years or much, much less until the end of your world.” Neil Gaiman
Mortality, Perspective, Time, Life, Endings
Neil Gaiman Mortality, Perspective, Time, Life, Endings“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Process, Simplicity, Difficulty, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Writing, Process, Simplicity, Difficulty, Creativity“Always worth it to have tried, even if you fail, even if you fall like a meteor forever. Better to have flamed in the darkness, to have inspired others, to have lived, than to have sat in the darkness, cursing the people who borrowed, but did not return, your candle.” Neil Gaiman
Failure, Inspiration, Courage, Legacy, Life
Neil Gaiman Failure, Inspiration, Courage, Legacy, Life