You don't have to stay anywhere forever.
Neil Gaiman
Change, Freedom, Choices, Impermanence, Personal Growth
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More Neil Gaiman Quotes
“I’m somebody who considers happiness a journey, not a destination.” Neil Gaiman
Happiness, Journey, Perspective, Fulfillment, Growth
Neil Gaiman Happiness, Journey, Perspective, Fulfillment, Growth“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“I was not happy as a child, although from time to time I was content. I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.” Neil Gaiman
Childhood, Happiness, Books, Escape, Contentment
Neil Gaiman Childhood, Happiness, Books, Escape, Contentment“So the day became one of waiting, which was, he knew, a sin: moments were to be experienced; waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come and the moments one was currently disregarding.” Neil Gaiman
Waiting, Time, Experience, Moments, Regret
Neil Gaiman Waiting, Time, Experience, Moments, Regret“The Sky was red, but not warm red of a sunset. This was an angry, glowering red, the colour of an infected wound.” Neil Gaiman
Sky, Color, Imagery, Emotion, Atmosphere
Neil Gaiman Sky, Color, Imagery, Emotion, Atmosphere“We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness.” Neil Gaiman
Memory, Denial, Truth, Self-perception, Bright Lies
Neil Gaiman Memory, Denial, Truth, Self-perception, Bright Lies“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“Stories are like spiders, with all their long legs, and stories are like spiderwebs, which man gets himself all tangled up in but which look pretty when you see them under a leaf in the morning dew, and in the elegant way that they connect to one another, each to each.” Neil Gaiman
Stories, Connections, Narratives, Webs, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Stories, Connections, Narratives, Webs, Creativity“I learned to write by writing.” Neil Gaiman
Writing, Learning, Practice, Skill Development, Creativity
Neil Gaiman Writing, Learning, Practice, Skill Development, Creativity“Going off the grid is always good for me. It's the way that I've started books and finished books and gotten myself out of deadline dooms and things.” Neil Gaiman
Solitude, Creativity, Productivity, Writing, Disconnection
Neil Gaiman Solitude, Creativity, Productivity, Writing, Disconnection“You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter.” Neil Gaiman
Conflict, Chaos, Violence, Perspective, Nihilism
Neil Gaiman Conflict, Chaos, Violence, Perspective, Nihilism“Write. Finish things. Get them published. Write something else while you're waiting for someone to publish the first thing...” Neil Gaiman
Writing Advice, Perseverance, Productivity, Publishing, Career
Neil Gaiman Writing Advice, Perseverance, Productivity, Publishing, Career“The more accurate the map, the more it resembles the territory. The most accurate map possible would be the territory, and thus would be perfectly accurate and perfectly useless.” Neil Gaiman
Knowledge, Representation, Reality, Philosophy, Paradox
Neil Gaiman Knowledge, Representation, Reality, Philosophy, Paradox“Humanity is evil – civilization is the scum that forms on the surface, but beneath, humanity consists of brutes and animals.” Neil Gaiman
Humanity, Civilization, Nature, Morality, Philosophy
Neil Gaiman Humanity, Civilization, Nature, Morality, Philosophy“Tools, of course, can be the subtlest of traps.” Neil Gaiman
Tools, Complexity, Metaphor, Technology, Risk
Neil Gaiman Tools, Complexity, Metaphor, Technology, Risk“For the record, I don't expect you to believe any of this. Not really. I'm a liar by trade, after all; albeit, I like to think, an honest liar.” Neil Gaiman
Storytelling, Honesty, Fiction, Truth, Paradox
Neil Gaiman Storytelling, Honesty, Fiction, Truth, Paradox“If he didn’t care about you, you couldn’t upset him.” Neil Gaiman
Care, Relationships, Emotions, Connection, Concern
Neil Gaiman Care, Relationships, Emotions, Connection, Concern“I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible.” Neil Gaiman
Escapism, Reading, Coping Mechanism, Imagination, Reality
Neil Gaiman Escapism, Reading, Coping Mechanism, Imagination, Reality“Oh, tweeting prolifically is the most easy thing in the world. Tweeting prolifically is like somebody saying, 'Boy, you're a really good walker around,' you know. It's not really hard.” Neil Gaiman
Social Media, Tweeting, Ease, Communication, Humor
Neil Gaiman Social Media, Tweeting, Ease, Communication, Humor“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