If it’s true that every seven years each cell in your body dies and is replaced, then I have truly inherited my life from a dead man; and the misdeeds of those times have been forgiven, and are buried with his bones.
Neil Gaiman
Change, Life, Identity, Forgiveness, Mortality
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More Neil Gaiman Quotes
“When you are seven, beauty is an abstraction, not an imperative.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Perception, Beauty, Innocence, Perspective
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Perception, Beauty, Innocence, Perspective“The best way to show people true things is from a direction that they had not imagined the truth coming.” Neil Gaiman
Truth, Perception, Perspectives, Revelation, Storytelling
Neil Gaiman Truth, Perception, Perspectives, Revelation, Storytelling“My stuff gets published in some countries as fiction and in some countries as fantasy. It's just where they think it will do best in the bookshops.” Neil Gaiman
Genre, Publishing, Marketing, Perception, Writing
Neil Gaiman Genre, Publishing, Marketing, Perception, Writing“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“Information and knowledge: two currencies that have never gone out of style.” Neil Gaiman
Information, Knowledge, Value, Learning, Wisdom
Neil Gaiman Information, Knowledge, Value, Learning, Wisdom“Recounting the strange is like telling one’s dreams: one can communicate the events of a dream, but not the emotional content, the way that a dream can colour one’s entire day.” Neil Gaiman
Dreams, Storytelling, Emotions, Communication, Personal Experience
Neil Gaiman Dreams, Storytelling, Emotions, Communication, Personal Experience“I know not whether you came to me or I to you. Not whether it was a dream, asleep or awake. I am lost in the darkness of a downcast heart. Dream or reality. Let it be decided tonight.” Neil Gaiman
Dream, Reality, Relationship, Confusion, Introspection
Neil Gaiman Dream, Reality, Relationship, Confusion, Introspection“Fear is contagious. You can catch it.” Neil Gaiman
Fear, Contagion, Emotions, Influence, Psychology
Neil Gaiman Fear, Contagion, Emotions, Influence, Psychology“Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire, the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be a wonderful length for our generation.” Neil Gaiman
Short Stories, Persistence, Literature, Relevance, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Short Stories, Persistence, Literature, Relevance, Creativity“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“Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans.” Neil Gaiman
Gratitude, Appreciation, Fans, Community, Support
Neil Gaiman Gratitude, Appreciation, Fans, Community, Support“It’s still National Library Week. You should be especially nice to a librarian today, or tomorrow. Sometime this week, anyway. Probably the librarians would like tea. Or chocolates. Or a reliable source of funding.” Neil Gaiman
Libraries, Appreciation, Kindness, Community, Support
Neil Gaiman Libraries, Appreciation, Kindness, Community, Support“I don’t want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn’t mean anything? What then?” Neil Gaiman
Wanting, Satisfaction, Desire, Meaning, Enjoyment
Neil Gaiman Wanting, Satisfaction, Desire, Meaning, Enjoyment“Rule one of reading other people’s stories is that whenever you say ‘well that’s not convincing’ the author tells you that’s the bit that wasn’t made up. This is because real life is under no obligation to be convincing.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Storytelling, Realism, Critique, Life Truths
Neil Gaiman Reading, Storytelling, Realism, Critique, Life Truths“I don’t know why people would want to have lunch with writers. I’ve eaten with writers. We have appalling table manners, and rarely say anything other than ‘Pass the salt’ or ‘If you’re not going to eat that, can I have it?’” Neil Gaiman
Writers, Humor, Dining, Social Interactions, Idiosyncrasies
Neil Gaiman Writers, Humor, Dining, Social Interactions, Idiosyncrasies“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness.” Neil Gaiman
Wishes, Magic, Dreams, Positivity, Hope
Neil Gaiman Wishes, Magic, Dreams, Positivity, Hope“Death and Famine and War and Pollution continued biking towards Tadfield. And Grievous Bodily Harm, Cruelty To Animals, Things Not Working Properly Even After You’ve Given Them A Good Thumping but secretly No Alcohol Lager, and Really Cool People travelled with them.” Neil Gaiman
Personification, Chaos, Humor, Narrative, Storytelling
Neil Gaiman Personification, Chaos, Humor, Narrative, Storytelling“Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Creativity, Resilience, Art, Adversity
Neil Gaiman Life, Creativity, Resilience, Art, Adversity