Books are the way that the dead communicate with us. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, the way that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over.
Neil Gaiman
Books, Knowledge, Communication, History Lessons, Human Connection
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“First rule of magic: Don’t let anyone know your real name. Names have power.” Neil Gaiman
Magic, Names, Power, Secrecy, Identity
Neil Gaiman Magic, Names, Power, Secrecy, Identity“I think most things are pretty magical, and that it’s less a matter of belief than it is one of just stopping to notice.” Neil Gaiman
Magic, Perception, Belief, Mindfulness, Wonder
Neil Gaiman Magic, Perception, Belief, Mindfulness, Wonder“Life - and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison - is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Cynicism, Humor, Mortality, Perspective
Neil Gaiman Life, Cynicism, Humor, Mortality, Perspective“Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.” Neil Gaiman
Perfection, Progress, Creativity, Writing, Letting Go
Neil Gaiman Perfection, Progress, Creativity, Writing, Letting Go“I've known ambitious people with no aptitude for the thing they did. Most of whom, rather terrifyingly, tended to succeed.” Neil Gaiman
Ambition, Success, Irony, Talent, Observation
Neil Gaiman Ambition, Success, Irony, Talent, Observation“We often confuse what we wish for with what is.” Neil Gaiman
Reality, Wishful Thinking, Perception, Self Awareness, Desires
Neil Gaiman Reality, Wishful Thinking, Perception, Self Awareness, Desires“I had started to feel that somewhere in the second half of the 20th century, the idea of page-turning as a good thing had been lost. You were getting books that were the equivalent of absolutely beautifully prepared dishes of food that didn't taste like anything much.” Neil Gaiman
Literature, Reading, Page Turner, Literary Quality, Nostalgia
Neil Gaiman Literature, Reading, Page Turner, Literary Quality, Nostalgia“I started out writing much more science fictiony stuff and writing about science fiction.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Science Fiction, Career, Beginnings, Genre
Neil Gaiman Writing, Science Fiction, Career, Beginnings, Genre“Chantal is having a relationship with a sentence. Just one of those things. A chance meeting that grew into something important for the both of them.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Connection, Relationship, Significance, Language
Neil Gaiman Writing, Connection, Relationship, Significance, Language“Most people can start a short story or a novel. If you're a writer, you can finish them. Finish enough of them, and you may be good enough to be publishable.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Perseverance, Skill, Completion, Publishing
Neil Gaiman Writing, Perseverance, Skill, Completion, Publishing“I am grim of mind and wrathful of spirit and I have no desire to be nice to anyone.” Neil Gaiman
Anger, Mood, Attitude, Antisocial, Darkness
Neil Gaiman Anger, Mood, Attitude, Antisocial, Darkness“I really like being able to laugh at my own jokes.” Neil Gaiman
Humor, Self, Laughter, Creativity, Enjoyment
Neil Gaiman Humor, Self, Laughter, Creativity, Enjoyment“Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.” Neil Gaiman
Perfection, Progress, Motivation, Goals, Personal Growth
Neil Gaiman Perfection, Progress, Motivation, Goals, Personal Growth“The only people I ever get irritated with are the ones who announce, using my Twitter handle, that they are no longer following me and why.” Neil Gaiman
Social Media, Annoyance, Communication, Etiquette, Humor
Neil Gaiman Social Media, Annoyance, Communication, Etiquette, Humor“I was one of those kids who had books on them. Before weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, funerals and anything else where you're actually meant to not be reading, my family would frisk me and take the book away. If they didn't find it by this point in the procedure, I would be sitting over in that corner completely unnoticed just reading my book.” Neil Gaiman
Books, Childhood, Reading, Family, Nostalgia
Neil Gaiman Books, Childhood, Reading, Family, Nostalgia“The boy with the dirty face stood up and hugged Coraline tightly. 'Take comfort in this,' he whispered. 'Th'art alive. Thou livest.” Neil Gaiman
Comfort, Life, Existence, Gratitude, Connection
Neil Gaiman Comfort, Life, Existence, Gratitude, Connection“Stories are like spiders, with all their long legs, and stories are like spiderwebs, which man gets himself all tangled up in but which look pretty when you see them under a leaf in the morning dew, and in the elegant way that they connect to one another, each to each.” Neil Gaiman
Stories, Connections, Narratives, Webs, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Stories, Connections, Narratives, Webs, Creativity“All fiction is a process of imagining: whatever you write, in whatever genre or medium, your task is to make things up convincingly and interestingly and new.” Neil Gaiman
Fiction, Creativity, Imagination, Storytelling, Writing
Neil Gaiman Fiction, Creativity, Imagination, Storytelling, Writing