Nobody looks like what they really are on the inside. You don't. I don't. People are much more complicated than that. It's true of everybody.
Neil Gaiman
Identity, Complexity, Human Nature, Perception, Inner Self
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“Fear is contagious. You can catch it.” Neil Gaiman
Fear, Contagion, Emotions, Influence, Psychology
Neil Gaiman Fear, Contagion, Emotions, Influence, Psychology“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.” Neil Gaiman
Wonder, Storytelling, Magic, Nostalgia, Ageless Appeal
Neil Gaiman Wonder, Storytelling, Magic, Nostalgia, Ageless Appeal“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you’d most like not to lose.” Neil Gaiman
Books, Favorites, Choice, Attachment, Preference
Neil Gaiman Books, Favorites, Choice, Attachment, Preference“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.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Creativity, Rituals, Environment, Inspiration
Neil Gaiman Writing, Creativity, Rituals, Environment, Inspiration“You know how is it when you love someone? And the hard part, the bad part, the Jerry Springer Show part is that you never stop loving someone. There's always a piece of them in your heart.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Heartbreak, Relationships, Emotions, Permanence
Neil Gaiman Love, Heartbreak, Relationships, Emotions, Permanence“It's not the fish you catch, it's the peace of mind you take home at the end of the day.” Neil Gaiman
Peace, Contentment, Perspective, Achievement, Simplicity
Neil Gaiman Peace, Contentment, Perspective, Achievement, Simplicity“Sometimes the best way to learn something is by doing it wrong and looking at what you did.” Neil Gaiman
Learning, Mistakes, Experience, Self-reflection, Growth
Neil Gaiman Learning, Mistakes, Experience, Self-reflection, Growth“I hope the strong women out there aren’t quiet and they don’t go away, because when people attack you for speaking, the best way to drive them nuts is to smile and carry on speaking, louder, more wisely, more intensely, more articulately than ever.” Neil Gaiman
Empowerment, Women, Resilience, Voice, Activism
Neil Gaiman Empowerment, Women, Resilience, Voice, Activism“If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.” Neil Gaiman
Courage, Risk Taking, Personal Growth, Motivation, Self Improvement
Neil Gaiman Courage, Risk Taking, Personal Growth, Motivation, Self Improvement“The only thing that kept me going was stories. Stories are hope. They take you out of yourself for a bit, and when you get dropped back in, you're different- you're stronger, you've seen more, you've felt more. Stories are like spiritual currency.” Neil Gaiman
Stories, Hope, Transformation, Strength, Personal Growth
Neil Gaiman Stories, Hope, Transformation, Strength, Personal Growth“For love is no part of the dreamworld. Love belongs to Desire, and Desire is always cruel.” Neil Gaiman
Love, Desire, Cruelty, Reality, Relationships
Neil Gaiman Love, Desire, Cruelty, Reality, Relationships“There’s an expression, deja vu, that means that you feel like you’ve been somewhere before, that you’ve somehow already dreamed it or experienced it in your mind.” Neil Gaiman
Deja-vu, Experience, Memory, Psychology, Perception
Neil Gaiman Deja-vu, Experience, Memory, Psychology, Perception“You could fire a machine gun randomly through the pages of Lord of the Rings and never hit any women.” Neil Gaiman
Literature Critique, Gender Representation, Fantasy, Humor, Exaggeration
Neil Gaiman Literature Critique, Gender Representation, Fantasy, Humor, Exaggeration“Lies and half-truths fall like snow, covering the things that I remember, the things I saw. A landscape, unrecognizable after a snowfall; that is what she has made of my life.” Neil Gaiman
Lies, Memory, Perception, Experience, Transformation
Neil Gaiman Lies, Memory, Perception, Experience, Transformation“As a kid, I would get my parents to drop me off at my local library on their way to work during the summer holidays, and I would walk home at night. For several years, I read the children's library until I finished the children's library. Then I moved into the adult library and slowly worked my way through them.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Reading, Libraries, Learning, Self Education
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Reading, Libraries, Learning, Self Education“Really, he thought, if you couldn’t trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust?” Neil Gaiman
Trust, Poetry, Advice, Wisdom, Writers’ Insights
Neil Gaiman Trust, Poetry, Advice, Wisdom, Writers’ Insights“Discontent is a good thing: discontented people can modify and improve their worlds, leave them better, leave them different.” Neil Gaiman
Discontent, Improvement, Change, Activism, Progress
Neil Gaiman Discontent, Improvement, Change, Activism, Progress