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Whatever it is you're scared of doing, do it.

Courage, Fear, Action, Personal Growth, Motivation

Whatever it is you're scared of doing do it

Whatever it is you're scared of doing do it

Whatever it is you're scared of doing do it

Neil Gaiman’s Quotes On Topics

Narrative | Life Lessons | Sentiment | Mood | Consequences | Purpose | Sensory Experience | Eternity | Career | Behavior | Environment | Tradition | Fans | Expectations | Narratives | Civilization | Philosophical Concept | Introversion | Editing | Exploration | More

More Neil Gaiman Quotes

“People who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.”

Happiness, Self Awareness, Travel, Personal Growth, Perspective

“I believe that mankind’s destiny lies in the stars.”

Destiny, Stars, Exploration, Humanity, Cosmic Journey

“It’s always too late for sorries, but I appreciate the sentiment.”

Apology, Sentiment, Timing, Regret, Understanding

“You can't run away from home without destroying somebody's world.”

Home, Consequences, Relationships, Impact, Departure

“It's not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers - we're much more comfortable at parties standing in the corner watching everybody else having a good time than we are mingling.”

Writing, Social Dynamics, Observation, Personality, Introversion

“Beware of Doors.”

Caution, Opportunity, Metaphor, Choices, Mystery

“For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done.”

Suicide, Despair, Metaphor, Choice, Darkness

“I liked myths. They weren’t adult stories and they weren’t children’s stories. They were better than that. They just were.”

Myths, Storytelling, Childhood, Narratives, Imagination

“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.”

Faith, Prayer, Simplicity, Creativity, Spirituality

“You have to finish things – that’s what you learn from, you learn by finishing things.”

Completion, Learning, Persistence, Growth, Discipline

“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”

Imagination, Childhood, Writing, Success, Humor

“You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter.”

Conflict, Chaos, Violence, Perspective, Nihilism

“I fell for her like a suicide from a bridge.”

Love, Intensity, Metaphor, Falling, Danger

“Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.”

Self, Identity, Travel, Awareness, Introspection

“Rule one of reading other people’s stories is that whenever you say ‘well that’s not convincing’ the author tells you that’s the bit that wasn’t made up. This is because real life is under no obligation to be convincing.”

Reading, Storytelling, Realism, Critique, Life Truths

“The only advice I can give you is what you’re telling yourself. Only, maybe you’re too scared to listen.”

Advice, Self-reflection, Honesty, Fear, Awareness

“I once read that you die because you see the Angel of Death, and you fall in love. And you fall in love so hard your soul is sucked out through your eyes, and that’s the moment of death. It’s a lovely, strange old Jewish legend.”

Death, Love, Legend, Spirituality, Mortality

“You're brave. You are the bravest person I know, and you are my friend. I don't care if you are imaginary.”

Bravery, Friendship, Imagination, Support, Acceptance

“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.”

Writing, Process, Simplicity, Difficulty, Creativity

“The things that really change the world, according to Chaos theory, are the tiny things. A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazonian jungle, and subsequently a storm ravages half of Europe.”

Chaos Theory, Change, Influence, Events, Consequences