It’s like one of those dreams that changes you. You keep some of the dream forever, and you know things down deep inside yourself, because it happened to you, but when you go looking for details they kind of just slip out of your head.
Neil Gaiman
Dreams, Change, Memory, Self Discovery, Introspection
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“For the record, I don't expect you to believe any of this. Not really. I'm a liar by trade, after all; albeit, I like to think, an honest liar.” Neil Gaiman
Storytelling, Honesty, Fiction, Truth, Paradox
Neil Gaiman Storytelling, Honesty, Fiction, Truth, Paradox“Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Passion, Romance, Poetry, Emotions
Neil Gaiman Love, Passion, Romance, Poetry, Emotions“Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I’m not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Honesty, Storytelling, Individuality, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Writing, Honesty, Storytelling, Individuality, Creativity“I kept starting 'Anansi Boys' as a movie and stopping, and eventually wrote the novel and was happy.” Neil Gaiman
Writing Process, Adaptation, Persistence, Satisfaction, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Writing Process, Adaptation, Persistence, Satisfaction, Creativity“We have an obligation to make things beautiful. Not to leave the world uglier than we found it, not to empty the oceans, not to leave our problems for the next generation.” Neil Gaiman
Beauty, Obligation, Responsibility, Future, Environment
Neil Gaiman Beauty, Obligation, Responsibility, Future, Environment“The simplest way to make sure that we raise literate children is to teach them to read, and to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Education, Children, Literacy, Pleasure
Neil Gaiman Reading, Education, Children, Literacy, Pleasure“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“They could not truly look dead, because they did not ever look alive.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Death, Perception, Existence, Ambiguity
Neil Gaiman Life, Death, Perception, Existence, Ambiguity“After a while, it sort of began to rain, which is to say that it was the kind of rain that never comes to a decision about whether it’s actually raining or not. Driving in it, you would never have been certain whether or not to turn on your wipers.” Neil Gaiman
Weather, Uncertainty, Metaphor, Perception, Confusion
Neil Gaiman Weather, Uncertainty, Metaphor, Perception, Confusion“Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words.” Neil Gaiman
Communication, Wisdom, Discretion, Language, Understanding
Neil Gaiman Communication, Wisdom, Discretion, Language, Understanding“If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away.” Neil Gaiman
Parenting, Independence, Success, Growth, Letting Go
Neil Gaiman Parenting, Independence, Success, Growth, Letting Go“You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.” Neil Gaiman
Ideas, Creativity, Writing, Observation, Inspiration
Neil Gaiman Ideas, Creativity, Writing, Observation, Inspiration“Even nothing cannot last forever.” Neil Gaiman
Emptiness, Eternity, Impermanence, Philosophical Concept, Time Perception
Neil Gaiman Emptiness, Eternity, Impermanence, Philosophical Concept, Time Perception“To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.” Neil Gaiman
Toast, Remembrance, Nostalgia, Respect, Mythology
Neil Gaiman Toast, Remembrance, Nostalgia, Respect, Mythology“Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.” Neil Gaiman
Gods, Mortality, Ideas, Existence, Remembrance
Neil Gaiman Gods, Mortality, Ideas, Existence, Remembrance“It won’t hurt, said her other father. Coraline knew that when grown-ups told you something wouldn’t hurt it almost always did. She shook her head.” Neil Gaiman
Trust, Childhood, Caution, Perception, Reality
Neil Gaiman Trust, Childhood, Caution, Perception, Reality“Fiction is the lie that tells the truth, after all.” Neil Gaiman
Fiction, Truth, Storytelling, Writing, Paradox
Neil Gaiman Fiction, Truth, Storytelling, Writing, Paradox“I feel like I am involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won’t tell me the rules, and who smiles all the time.” Neil Gaiman
Uncertainty, Metaphor, Complexity, Life, Confusion
Neil Gaiman Uncertainty, Metaphor, Complexity, Life, Confusion“I love the auditioning process. I love working with the technical guys. I absolutely love the editing room. That was completely fascinating to me, working with an editor in crafting the thing into something you had in your head.” Neil Gaiman
Auditioning, Creativity, Collaboration, Editing, Filmmaking
Neil Gaiman Auditioning, Creativity, Collaboration, Editing, Filmmaking