I love making things. I love building things. I love the idea that something’s in the world that wasn’t there before.
Neil Gaiman
Creation, Passion, Building, Imagination, Innovation
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“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.” Neil Gaiman
Books, Favorites, Choice, Attachment, Preference
Neil Gaiman Books, Favorites, Choice, Attachment, Preference“The truth is, it's not the idea, it's never the idea, it's always what you do with it.” Neil Gaiman
Ideas, Execution, Creativity, Action, Innovation
Neil Gaiman Ideas, Execution, Creativity, Action, Innovation“I lay on the bed and lost myself in stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway.” Neil Gaiman
Stories, Books, Escape, Comfort, Imagination
Neil Gaiman Stories, Books, Escape, Comfort, Imagination“God who knows all things, I have no prayer book and I do not know any prayers by heart. But you know all the prayers. You are God. So this is what I am going to do. I am going to say the alphabet, and I will let you put the words together.” Neil Gaiman
Faith, Prayer, Simplicity, Creativity, Spirituality
Neil Gaiman Faith, Prayer, Simplicity, Creativity, Spirituality“Growing up, I took so many cues from books. They taught me most of what I knew about what people did, about how to behave. They were my teachers and my advisers.” Neil Gaiman
Growing Up, Books, Learning, Behavior, Life Lessons
Neil Gaiman Growing Up, Books, Learning, Behavior, Life Lessons“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“Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?” Neil Gaiman
Food, Humor, Taste, Questioning, Processed Food
Neil Gaiman Food, Humor, Taste, Questioning, Processed Food“You see with your eyes. This means you can be misled by charm, by outward appearance. By webs of glamour, by surface pretences. I do not see with my eyes. I see good and I see evil. Nothing else.” Neil Gaiman
Perception, Truth, Clarity, Morality, Intuition
Neil Gaiman Perception, Truth, Clarity, Morality, Intuition“Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at the stars because we are human.” Neil Gaiman
Humanity, Stars, Existence, Philosophical Questions, Exploration
Neil Gaiman Humanity, Stars, Existence, Philosophical Questions, Exploration“You're brave. You are the bravest person I know, and you are my friend. I don't care if you are imaginary.” Neil Gaiman
Bravery, Friendship, Imagination, Support, Acceptance
Neil Gaiman Bravery, Friendship, Imagination, Support, Acceptance“You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach, a sky, an oak tree look like. Tell them what makes this one different.” Neil Gaiman
Observation, Detail, Storytelling, Perspective, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Observation, Detail, Storytelling, Perspective, Creativity“Tristan and Yvaine were happy together. Not forever-after, for Time, the thief, eventually takes all things into his dusty storehouse, but they were happy, as these things go, for a long while.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Happiness, Time, Mortality, Fairy Tales
Neil Gaiman Love, Happiness, Time, Mortality, Fairy Tales“Erwachsene halten sich auf Wegen. Kinder gehen auf Kundschaft.” Neil Gaiman
Adults, Children, Perspective, Cultural Contrast, Identity
Neil Gaiman Adults, Children, Perspective, Cultural Contrast, Identity“Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!” Neil Gaiman
Gifts, Books, Imagination, Affordability, Sharing Worlds
Neil Gaiman Gifts, Books, Imagination, Affordability, Sharing Worlds“I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Outlining, Creativity, Structure, Spontaneity
Neil Gaiman Writing, Outlining, Creativity, Structure, Spontaneity“I mean, maybe I am crazy. I mean, maybe. But if this is all there is, then I don’t want to be sane.” Neil Gaiman
Madness, Sanity, Existence, Introspection, Philosophy
Neil Gaiman Madness, Sanity, Existence, Introspection, Philosophy“In order for stories to work – for kids and for adults – they should scare. And you should triumph. There’s no point in triumphing over evil if the evil isn’t scary.” Neil Gaiman
Storytelling, Triumph, Fear, Childhood, Moral
Neil Gaiman Storytelling, Triumph, Fear, Childhood, Moral