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
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“The tongue is the most remarkable. For we use it both to taste out sweet wine and bitter poison, thus also do we utter words both sweet and sour with the same tongue.” Neil Gaiman
Language, Duality, Expression, Communication, Taste
Neil Gaiman Language, Duality, Expression, Communication, Taste“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“Words can be worrisome, people complex, motives and manners unclear; grant her the wisdom to choose her path right, free from unkindness and fear.” Neil Gaiman
Words, Complexity, Wisdom, Choices, Morality
Neil Gaiman Words, Complexity, Wisdom, Choices, Morality“I started out writing much more science fictiony stuff and writing about science fiction.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Science Fiction, Career, Beginnings, Genre
Neil Gaiman Writing, Science Fiction, Career, Beginnings, Genre“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“'Doctor Who' was the first mythology that I learned, before ever I ran into Greek or Roman or Egyptian mythologies.” Neil Gaiman
Television, Mythology, Influence, Culture, Storytelling
Neil Gaiman Television, Mythology, Influence, Culture, Storytelling“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“People kill what they fear. They burned, and drowned, and hanged those they saw as witches, the devil's servants: the wise women and the cunning men, the unfortunate, the lost and the strange.” Neil Gaiman
Fear, Persecution, History, Prejudice, Misunderstanding
Neil Gaiman Fear, Persecution, History, Prejudice, Misunderstanding“Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child’s love of reading – do not discourage children from reading because you feel they’re reading the wrong thing. There is no such thing as the wrong thing to be reading and no bad fiction for kids.” Neil Gaiman
Reading, Children, Literature, Encouragement, Imagination
Neil Gaiman Reading, Children, Literature, Encouragement, Imagination“Why are we talking about this good and evil? They’re just names for sides. We know that.” Neil Gaiman
Good, Evil, Morality, Duality, Perspective
Neil Gaiman Good, Evil, Morality, Duality, Perspective“Life and death are different sides of the same coin.” Neil Gaiman
Life, Death, Duality, Existence, Balance
Neil Gaiman Life, Death, Duality, Existence, Balance“I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Outlining, Creativity, Structure, Spontaneity
Neil Gaiman Writing, Outlining, Creativity, Structure, Spontaneity“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“When I was a kid, we actually lived in a house that had been divided in two at one point, which meant that one room in our house opened up onto a brick wall. And I was convinced all I had to do was just open it the right way and it wouldn't be a brick wall. So I'd sidle over to the door and I'd pull it open.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Imagination, Possibility, Memory, Hope
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Imagination, Possibility, Memory, Hope“The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.” Neil Gaiman
Wisdom, Silence, Knowledge, Discretion, Communication
Neil Gaiman Wisdom, Silence, Knowledge, Discretion, Communication“Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!” Neil Gaiman
Gifts, Books, Imagination, Affordability, Sharing Worlds
Neil Gaiman Gifts, Books, Imagination, Affordability, Sharing Worlds“I wondered if that was true: if they were all really children wrapped up in adult bodies, like children's books hidden in the middle of dull, long adult books, the kind with no pictures or conversations.” Neil Gaiman
Adulthood, Childhood, Perception, Books, Metaphor
Neil Gaiman Adulthood, Childhood, Perception, Books, Metaphor“For me, the glory of my first 25 years as a writer was I could put things off as long as I wanted.” Neil Gaiman
Procrastination, Writing Career, Time Management, Freedom, Early Success
Neil Gaiman Procrastination, Writing Career, Time Management, Freedom, Early Success