We are always living in the final days. What have you got? A hundred years or much, much less until the end of your world.
Neil Gaiman
Mortality, Perspective, Time, Life, Endings
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More Neil Gaiman Quotes
“The war had begun and nobody saw it. The storm was lowering and nobody knew it.” Neil Gaiman
War, Ignorance, Conflict, Tension, Foreshadowing
Neil Gaiman War, Ignorance, Conflict, Tension, Foreshadowing“It’s always too late for sorries, but I appreciate the sentiment.” Neil Gaiman
Apology, Sentiment, Timing, Regret, Understanding
Neil Gaiman Apology, Sentiment, Timing, Regret, Understanding“Life is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Mortality, Humor, Perspective, Reality
Neil Gaiman Life, Mortality, Humor, Perspective, Reality“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.” Neil Gaiman
Mistakes, Creativity, Courage, Writing, Growth
Neil Gaiman Mistakes, Creativity, Courage, Writing, Growth“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“Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.” Neil Gaiman
Perfection, Progress, Creativity, Writing, Letting Go
Neil Gaiman Perfection, Progress, Creativity, Writing, Letting Go“The future had suddenly become unknowable: anything could happen: the train of my life had jumped the rails and headed off across the fields and coming down the lane with me, then.” Neil Gaiman
Uncertainty, Future, Unpredictability, Change, Life
Neil Gaiman Uncertainty, Future, Unpredictability, Change, Life“Erwachsene halten sich auf Wegen. Kinder gehen auf Kundschaft.” Neil Gaiman
Adults, Children, Perspective, Cultural Contrast, Identity
Neil Gaiman Adults, Children, Perspective, Cultural Contrast, Identity“Hell may have all the best composers, but heaven has all the best choreographers.” Neil Gaiman
Art, Heaven, Hell, Creativity, Comparison
Neil Gaiman Art, Heaven, Hell, Creativity, Comparison“God who knows all things, I have no prayer book and I do not know any prayers by heart. But you know all the prayers. You are God. So this is what I am going to do. I am going to say the alphabet, and I will let you put the words together.” Neil Gaiman
Faith, Prayer, Simplicity, Creativity, Spirituality
Neil Gaiman Faith, Prayer, Simplicity, Creativity, Spirituality“Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans.” Neil Gaiman
Gratitude, Appreciation, Fans, Community, Support
Neil Gaiman Gratitude, Appreciation, Fans, Community, Support“A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.” Neil Gaiman
Freedom, Speech, Comics, Politics, Censorship
Neil Gaiman Freedom, Speech, Comics, Politics, Censorship“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“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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” Neil Gaiman
Fairytales, Courage, Overcoming, Myth, Truth
Neil Gaiman Fairytales, Courage, Overcoming, Myth, Truth“That’s the trouble with living things. Don’t last very long. Kittens one day, old cats the next. And then just memories. And the memories fade and blend and smudge together.” Neil Gaiman
Impermanence, Memories, Nostalgia, Life, Change
Neil Gaiman Impermanence, Memories, Nostalgia, Life, Change“Normally, in anything I do, I’m fairly miserable. I do it, and I get grumpy because there is a huge, vast gulf, this aching disparity, between the platonic ideal of the project that was living in my head, and the small, sad, wizened, shaking, squeaking thing that I actually produce.” Neil Gaiman
Artistry, Frustration, Expectations, Creativity, Reality
Neil Gaiman Artistry, Frustration, Expectations, Creativity, Reality