I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped up in adult bodies, like children's books hidden in the middle of dull, long adult books, the kind with no pictures or conversations.
Neil Gaiman
Adulthood, Childhood, Perception, Books, Metaphor
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More Neil Gaiman Quotes
“I learned to write by writing. I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it felt like work, which meant that life did not feel like work.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Learning, Adventure, Work Ethic, Passion
Neil Gaiman Writing, Learning, Adventure, Work Ethic, Passion“A novel seemed the easiest way to get what I had had in my head into the inside of other people’s heads. Books are good that way.” Neil Gaiman
Novel, Writing, Storytelling, Creativity, Communication
Neil Gaiman Novel, Writing, Storytelling, Creativity, Communication“I'm going to go home. Everything is going to be normal again. Boring again. Wonderful again.” Neil Gaiman
Normality, Home, Routine, Comfortzone, Familiarity
Neil Gaiman Normality, Home, Routine, Comfortzone, Familiarity“I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.” Neil Gaiman
Relief, Gratitude, Publishing, Creativity, Appreciation
Neil Gaiman Relief, Gratitude, Publishing, Creativity, Appreciation“I think I'll dismember the world and then I'll dance in the wreckage.” Neil Gaiman
Destruction, Chaos, Darkness, Rebellion, Nihilism
Neil Gaiman Destruction, Chaos, Darkness, Rebellion, Nihilism“I must confess, I have always wondered what lay beyond life, my dear. Yeah, everybody wonders. And sooner or later everybody gets to find out.” Neil Gaiman
Wonder, Life, Beyond, Existential Questions, Universal Truths
Neil Gaiman Wonder, Life, Beyond, Existential Questions, Universal Truths“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“Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Whatever you’re scared of doing, Do it.” Neil Gaiman
Mistakes, Courage, Creativity, Growth, Exploration
Neil Gaiman Mistakes, Courage, Creativity, Growth, Exploration“I liked myths. They weren’t adult stories and they weren’t children’s stories. They were better than that. They just were.” Neil Gaiman
Myths, Storytelling, Childhood, Narratives, Imagination
Neil Gaiman Myths, Storytelling, Childhood, Narratives, Imagination“There's not much high and low culture any more: there's just mingling streams of art and what matters is whether it's good art or bad art.” Neil Gaiman
Art, Culture, Quality, Perception, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Art, Culture, Quality, Perception, Creativity“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“Sexton: I think the whole world’s gone mad. Death: Uh-uh. It’s always like this. You probably just don’t get out enough.” Neil Gaiman
Madness, Reality, Life, Death, Dialogue
Neil Gaiman Madness, Reality, Life, Death, Dialogue“I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if others see us reading, then we learn, we exercise our imaginations. We show others that reading is a good thing.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Obligation, Pleasure, Community, Imagination
Neil Gaiman Reading, Obligation, Pleasure, Community, Imagination“I learned to write by writing.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Learning, Practice, Skill Development, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Writing, Learning, Practice, Skill Development, Creativity“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“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