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
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“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.” Neil Gaiman
Creation, Inspiration, Art, Positivity, Transformation
Neil Gaiman Creation, Inspiration, Art, Positivity, Transformation“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“Make mistakes. Make great mistakes, make wonderful mistakes, make glorious mistakes. Better to make a hundred mistakes than to stare at a blank piece of paper too scared to do anything wrong, too scared to do anything.” Neil Gaiman
Mistakes, Creativity, Courage, Writing, Growth
Neil Gaiman Mistakes, Creativity, Courage, Writing, Growth“If one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Prose, Effort, Focus, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Writing, Prose, Effort, Focus, Creativity“The tongue is the most remarkable. For we use it both to taste out sweet wine and bitter poison, thus also do we utter words both sweet and sour with the same tongue.” Neil Gaiman
Language, Duality, Expression, Communication, Taste
Neil Gaiman Language, Duality, Expression, Communication, Taste“Where does contagion end and art begin?” Neil Gaiman
Art, Influence, Creativity, Boundaries, Inspiration
Neil Gaiman Art, Influence, Creativity, Boundaries, Inspiration“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“There never was an apple, in Adam’s opinion, that wasn’t worth the trouble you got into for eating it.” Neil Gaiman
Temptation, Knowledge, Choices, Consequences, Storytelling
Neil Gaiman Temptation, Knowledge, Choices, Consequences, Storytelling“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“You shouldn’t trust the storyteller; only trust the story.” Neil Gaiman
Storytelling, Trust, Narrative, Interpretation, Skepticism
Neil Gaiman Storytelling, Trust, Narrative, Interpretation, Skepticism“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
Neil Gaiman Books, Knowledge, Communication, History Lessons, Human Connection“If not for Death, they’d be content to simply exist, but with Death, well, their lives will have meaning – a boundary beyond which the living cannot cross.” Neil Gaiman
Death, Meaning, Existence, Boundaries, Life
Neil Gaiman Death, Meaning, Existence, Boundaries, Life“Truly, life is wasted on the living, Nobody Owens. For one of us is too foolish to live, and it is not I.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Death, Wisdom, Perspective, Irony
Neil Gaiman Life, Death, Wisdom, Perspective, Irony“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“You were her way here, and it’s a dangerous thing to be a door.” Neil Gaiman
Metaphor, Journey, Danger, Identity, Connection
Neil Gaiman Metaphor, Journey, Danger, Identity, Connection“Any view of things that is not strange is false.” Neil Gaiman
Perspective, Truth, Reality, Uniqueness, Perception
Neil Gaiman Perspective, Truth, Reality, Uniqueness, Perception“For me, closing libraries is the equivalent of eating your seed corn to save a little money.” Neil Gaiman
Libraries, Importance, Knowledge, Community, Preservation
Neil Gaiman Libraries, Importance, Knowledge, Community, Preservation“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