I can believe things that are true and things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not.
Neil Gaiman
Belief, Truth, Imagination, Perception, Cognitive Flexibility
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“In a novel, you can always go back and make it look like you knew what you were doing all along before the thing goes out and gets published.” Neil Gaiman
Novel, Writing, Revision, Creativity, Publishing
Neil Gaiman Novel, Writing, Revision, Creativity, Publishing“Humanity is evil – civilization is the scum that forms on the surface, but beneath, humanity consists of brutes and animals.” Neil Gaiman
Humanity, Civilization, Nature, Morality, Philosophy
Neil Gaiman Humanity, Civilization, Nature, Morality, Philosophy“Potentially evil. Potentially good, too, I suppose. Just this huge powerful potentiality waiting to be shaped.” Neil Gaiman
Potential, Good, Evil, Power, Choices
Neil Gaiman Potential, Good, Evil, Power, Choices“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“I saw the world I had walked since my birth and I understood how fragile it was, that the reality was a thin layer of icing on a great dark birthday cake writhing with grubs and nightmares and hunger.” Neil Gaiman
Reality, Perception, Fragility, Worldview, Darkreality
Neil Gaiman Reality, Perception, Fragility, Worldview, Darkreality“Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.” Neil Gaiman
Communication, Wisdom, Discretion, Language, Understanding
Neil Gaiman Communication, Wisdom, Discretion, Language, Understanding“But standing in that hallway, it was all coming back to me. Memories were waiting at the edges of things, beckoning to me.” Neil Gaiman
Memory, Nostalgia, Recall, Reflection, Past
Neil Gaiman Memory, Nostalgia, Recall, Reflection, Past“People want to forget the impossible. It makes their world safer.” Neil Gaiman
Impossible, Safety, Comfort Zone, Perception, Reality
Neil Gaiman Impossible, Safety, Comfort Zone, Perception, Reality“It's not what I'd want for at my funeral. When I die, I just want them to plant me somewhere warm. And then when the pretty women walk over my grave I would grab their ankles, like in that movie.” Neil Gaiman
Death, Humor, Afterlife, Fantasy, Mischief
Neil Gaiman Death, Humor, Afterlife, Fantasy, Mischief“When I was 7, my proudest possession would have been my bookshelf 'cause I had alphabetized all of the books on my bookshelf.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Books, Organization, Pride, Reading
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Books, Organization, Pride, Reading“Where magic is concerned, there is always an initial decision, an initial willingness to let it enter your life. If that is not there neither is magic.” Neil Gaiman
Magic, Choice, Acceptance, Openness, Experience
Neil Gaiman Magic, Choice, Acceptance, Openness, Experience“Freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent.” Neil Gaiman
Freedom, Speech, Silence, Rights, Expression
Neil Gaiman Freedom, Speech, Silence, Rights, Expression“I love CGI if it's invisible. I don't like it when it's there and obvious.” Neil Gaiman
Film, Special Effects, Authenticity, Visual Arts, Technology
Neil Gaiman Film, Special Effects, Authenticity, Visual Arts, Technology“My people, we stay indoors. We have keyboards. We have darkness. It's quiet.” Neil Gaiman
Writers, Lifestyle, Creativity, Solitude, Introspection
Neil Gaiman Writers, Lifestyle, Creativity, Solitude, Introspection“Death is the second oldest of the Endless. It's hard not to love her. She loves you, after all.” Neil Gaiman
Death, Personification, Love, Acceptance, Mythology
Neil Gaiman Death, Personification, Love, Acceptance, Mythology“If you want to call it that. But it is a very specific sort of magic. There's a magic you take from death. Something leaves the world, something else comes into it.” Neil Gaiman
Magic, Death, Transformation, Balance, Cycles
Neil Gaiman Magic, Death, Transformation, Balance, Cycles“Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.” Neil Gaiman
Self, Identity, Travel, Awareness, Introspection
Neil Gaiman Self, Identity, Travel, Awareness, Introspection“Even if your goose habitually lays golden eggs, it will still be cooked.” Neil Gaiman
Success, Impermanence, Perspective, Caution, Paradox
Neil Gaiman Success, Impermanence, Perspective, Caution, Paradox“You could fire a machine gun randomly through the pages of Lord of the Rings and never hit any women.” Neil Gaiman
Literature Critique, Gender Representation, Fantasy, Humor, Exaggeration
Neil Gaiman Literature Critique, Gender Representation, Fantasy, Humor, Exaggeration“Normally, in anything I do, I’m fairly miserable. I do it, and I get grumpy because there is a huge, vast gulf, this aching disparity, between the platonic ideal of the project that was living in my head, and the small, sad, wizened, shaking, squeaking thing that I actually produce.” Neil Gaiman
Artistry, Frustration, Expectations, Creativity, Reality
Neil Gaiman Artistry, Frustration, Expectations, Creativity, Reality