I'm never, I hope, stupid enough to believe that Twitter or blogging or any of this stuff is a substitute for actually doing the work or writing a book.
Neil Gaiman
Writing, Social Media, Work Ethic, Creativity, Discipline
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“Freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent.” Neil Gaiman
Freedom, Speech, Silence, Rights, Expression
Neil Gaiman Freedom, Speech, Silence, Rights, Expression“It’s not irrelevant, those moments of connection, those places where fiction saves your life. It’s the most important thing there is.” Neil Gaiman
Connection, Fiction, Importance, Life, Salvation
Neil Gaiman Connection, Fiction, Importance, Life, Salvation“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“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“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“I'll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you're trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in the book.” Neil Gaiman
Writing Process, Perfectionism, Craft, Style, Voices
Neil Gaiman Writing Process, Perfectionism, Craft, Style, Voices“When angels go bad they are worse than anyone else. Remember Lucifer used to be an angel.” Neil Gaiman
Angels, Morality, Darkness, Transformation, Mythology
Neil Gaiman Angels, Morality, Darkness, Transformation, Mythology“Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us.” Neil Gaiman
Absence, Mystery, World, Expectations, Humor
Neil Gaiman Absence, Mystery, World, Expectations, Humor“We do what we do because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves.” Neil Gaiman
Identity, Self, Authenticity, Purpose, Choices
Neil Gaiman Identity, Self, Authenticity, Purpose, Choices“Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.” Neil Gaiman
Self, Identity, Travel, Awareness, Introspection
Neil Gaiman Self, Identity, Travel, Awareness, Introspection“I was one of those kids who had books on them. Before weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, funerals and anything else where you're actually meant to not be reading, my family would frisk me and take the book away. If they didn't find it by this point in the procedure, I would be sitting over in that corner completely unnoticed just reading my book.” Neil Gaiman
Books, Childhood, Reading, Family, Nostalgia
Neil Gaiman Books, Childhood, Reading, Family, Nostalgia“Sometimes I think that ideas float through the atmosphere like huge squishy pumpkins, waiting for heads to drop on.” Neil Gaiman
Ideas, Creativity, Inspiration, Imagination, Humor
Neil Gaiman Ideas, Creativity, Inspiration, Imagination, Humor“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“In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The hardest thing probably overall has been learning not to trust people, publicists, and so forth, implicitly.” Neil Gaiman
Trust, Contracts, Publishing, Experience, Skepticism
Neil Gaiman Trust, Contracts, Publishing, Experience, Skepticism“I'll find you. Don't worry. Just be on your own and I'll find you.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Connection, Trust, Destiny, Reassurance
Neil Gaiman Love, Connection, Trust, Destiny, Reassurance“Fiction allows us to slide into these other heads, these other places, and look out through other eyes. And then in the tale we stop before we die, or we die vicariously and unharmed, and in the world beyond the tale we turn the page or close the book, and we resume our lives.” Neil Gaiman
Fiction, Empathy, Imagination, Perspective, Reading
Neil Gaiman Fiction, Empathy, Imagination, Perspective, Reading“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Vulnerability, Risk, Emotions, Relationships
Neil Gaiman Love, Vulnerability, Risk, Emotions, Relationships“It is your differences that make you glorious.” Neil Gaiman
Differences, Identity, Individuality, Glory, Self-acceptance
Neil Gaiman Differences, Identity, Individuality, Glory, Self-acceptance“In the case of 'Ocean at the End of the Lane,' it's a book about helplessness. It's a book about family, it's a book about being 7 in a world of people who are bigger than you, and more dangerous, and stepping into territory that you don't entirely understand.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Vulnerability, Family, Danger, Growing Up
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Vulnerability, Family, Danger, Growing Up