For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done.
Neil Gaiman
Suicide, Despair, Metaphor, Choice, Darkness
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More Neil Gaiman Quotes
“Never trust the storyteller. Only trust the story.” Neil Gaiman
Storyteller, Trust, Narrative, Skepticism, Authenticity
Neil Gaiman Storyteller, Trust, Narrative, Skepticism, Authenticity“You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter.” Neil Gaiman
Conflict, Chaos, Violence, Perspective, Nihilism
Neil Gaiman Conflict, Chaos, Violence, Perspective, Nihilism“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.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Passion, Curiosity, Youth, Knowledge
Neil Gaiman Reading, Passion, Curiosity, Youth, Knowledge“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“Hey, that’s life, flick it off if you can’t take a joke.” Neil Gaiman
Humor, Life, Resilience, Acceptance, Perspective
Neil Gaiman Humor, Life, Resilience, Acceptance, Perspective“You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.” Neil Gaiman
Ideas, Creativity, Writing, Observation, Inspiration
Neil Gaiman Ideas, Creativity, Writing, Observation, Inspiration“You mourn, for it is proper to mourn. But your grief serves you; you do not become a slave to grief. You bid the dead farewell, and you continue.” Neil Gaiman
Grief, Acceptance, Healing, Loss, Moving On
Neil Gaiman Grief, Acceptance, Healing, Loss, Moving On“That’s sexism, that is. Going around giving people girly presents just because they’re a girl.” Neil Gaiman
Sexism, Stereotypes, Gifts, Gender Roles, Equality
Neil Gaiman Sexism, Stereotypes, Gifts, Gender Roles, Equality“People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes.” Neil Gaiman
Dreams, Reality, Perception, Imagination, Subconscious
Neil Gaiman Dreams, Reality, Perception, Imagination, Subconscious“Sometimes the best way to learn something is by doing it wrong and looking at what you did.” Neil Gaiman
Learning, Mistakes, Experience, Self-reflection, Growth
Neil Gaiman Learning, Mistakes, Experience, Self-reflection, Growth“'American Gods' was designed to be, if not open-ended, at least a trilogy kind of shape, so there's definitely one more book, probably another couple of books there to get written.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Planning, Series, Creativity, Storytelling
Neil Gaiman Writing, Planning, Series, Creativity, Storytelling“I'm English, and 'Doctor Who' was this thing that I've been watching since I was three.” Neil Gaiman
Doctor Who, Television, Nostalgia, Storytelling, Culture
Neil Gaiman Doctor Who, Television, Nostalgia, Storytelling, Culture“The young woman was crying, in the way that grownups cry, keeping it inside as much as they can, and hating it when it still pushes out at the edges, making them ugly and funny-looking on the way.” Neil Gaiman
Emotions, Adulthood, Vulnerability, Self Control, Observation
Neil Gaiman Emotions, Adulthood, Vulnerability, Self Control, Observation“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“You don’t have to test everything to destruction just to see if you made it right.” Neil Gaiman
Learning, Experimentation, Balance, Caution, Discovery
Neil Gaiman Learning, Experimentation, Balance, Caution, Discovery“I fell for her like a suicide from a bridge.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Intensity, Metaphor, Falling, Danger
Neil Gaiman Love, Intensity, Metaphor, Falling, Danger“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Optimism, Productivity, Focus, Satisfaction
Neil Gaiman Writing, Optimism, Productivity, Focus, Satisfaction