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I've been inspired by dreams – I've even stolen scenes or images or characters from them.

Inspiration, Dreams, Creativity, Writing, Imagination

I've been inspired by dreams – I've even stolen scenes

I've been inspired by dreams – I've even stolen scenes

I've been inspired by dreams – I've even stolen scenes

Neil Gaiman’s Quotes On Topics

Existentialism | Reality | Normality | Internal Struggle | Triumph | Fresh Start | Subjectivity | Openness | Fairness | Gender Representation | Adaptation | Society | Personhood | Influence | Personality | Celebration | Comics | Creative Freedom | Obligation | Bravery | More

More Neil Gaiman Quotes

“I hope that this year, you make mistakes. If you do, then it means you have tried, learned, lived, pushed yourself, changed you and your world, and most importantly, you've done something.”

Mistakes, Growth, Learning, Risk Taking, Personal Development

“Anything that keeps you happy and writing is part of my writing ritual: I like music, so I tend to have it playing in the background. But if I'm interested, I can write in an airport waiting areas.”

Writing, Creativity, Rituals, Environment, Inspiration

“Let’s start a new tomorrow, today.”

Fresh Start, Optimism, Renewal, Motivation, Possibility

“There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks.”

Proverb, Caution, Uncertainty, Expectation, Metaphor

“There is something about riding a unicorn, for those people who still can, which is unlike any other experience: exhilarating, and intoxicating, and fine.”

Unicorns, Experiences, Magic, Joy, Fantasy

“Make mistakes. Make great mistakes, make wonderful mistakes, make glorious mistakes. Better to make a hundred mistakes than to stare at a blank piece of paper too scared to do anything wrong, too scared to do anything.”

Mistakes, Creativity, Courage, Writing, Growth

“Writing may or may not be your salvation; it might or might not be your destiny. But that does not matter. What matters right now are the words, one after another. Find the next word. Write it down.”

Writing, Salvation, Creativity, Process, Words

“As sure as water’s wet and days are long and a friend will always disappoint you in the end.”

Truth, Reality, Friendship, Expectations, Understanding

“How can you be happy in this world? You have a hole in your heart. You have a gateway inside you to lands beyond the world you know. They will call you, as you grow.”

Happiness, Introspection, Longing, Discovery, Growth

“With 'Stardust', I hope what I was doing is giving 30-year-olds and 40-year-olds and 25-year-olds and 60-year-olds a chance to get the same sense of wonder, the same feeling, the same magic, that they got in reading the classic fairy tales as children.”

Wonder, Storytelling, Magic, Nostalgia, Ageless Appeal

“Nothing's changed. You'll go home. You'll be bored. You'll be ignored. No one will listen to you, really listen to you. You're too clever and too quiet for them to understand. They don't even get your name right.”

Alienation, Misunderstanding, Intelligence, Loneliness, Identity

“I wish being a beekeeper, which I am, gave you a free pass on the carbon footprint, but it doesn't.”

Environment, Responsibility, Hobbies, Sustainability, Carbon Footprint

“I really like being able to laugh at my own jokes.”

Humor, Self, Laughter, Creativity, Enjoyment

“You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not.”

Kindness, Danger, Reality, Advice, Caution

“Not knowing everything is all that makes it OK, sometimes.”

Uncertainty, Acceptance, Knowledge, Comfort, Mystery

“Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel.”

Love, Passion, Romance, Poetry, Emotions

“Fiction is the lie that tells the truth, after all.”

Fiction, Truth, Storytelling, Writing, Paradox

“Write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”

Creativity, Individuality, Inspiration, Personal Growth, Potential

“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.”

Books, Favorites, Choice, Attachment, Preference

“The great thing about Batman and Superman, in truth, is that they are literally transcendent. They are better than most of the stories they are in.”

Superheroes, Transcendence, Batman, Superman, Storytelling