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

Conflict, Chaos, Violence, Perspective, Nihilism

You see the outcome of the battle is unimportant What

You see the outcome of the battle is unimportant What

You see the outcome of the battle is unimportant What

Neil Gaiman’s Quotes On Topics

Eyes | Innovation | Motivation | Structure | Opportunities | Legacy | Mystery | Discipline | Past | Popularity | Writing Inspiration | Rain | Self-reliance | Mundane Life | Impermanence | Perseverance | Money | Rebellion | Outlining | Niche Audiences | More

More Neil Gaiman Quotes

“You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not.”

Kindness, Danger, Reality, Advice, Caution

“I don't think I'm mainstream. I think what I am is lots and lots of different cults. And when you get lots and lots of small groups who like you a lot, they add up to a big group without ever actually becoming mainstream.”

Fame, Cult Following, Popularity, Niche Audiences, Mainstream

“If you are protected from dark things then you have no protection of, knowledge of, or understanding of dark things when they show up.”

Darkness, Protection, Knowledge, Awareness, Understanding

“I love CGI if it's invisible. I don't like it when it's there and obvious.”

Film, Special Effects, Authenticity, Visual Arts, Technology

“We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable.”

Knowledge, Awareness, Human Nature, Denial, Truth

“When you're starting off as a young writer, you look at all the stuff that's gone before and the stuff that's influenced you, and you reach the ladle of your imagination into this bubbling stew pot of all of this stuff, and you pour it out. And that's where you start from.”

Writing, Inspiration, Creativity, Beginnings, Influence

“Sometimes the best way to learn something is by doing it wrong and looking at what you did.”

Learning, Mistakes, Experience, Self-reflection, Growth

“So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook, bought lots of magazines and got on the phone and talked to editors about ideas for stories. Pretty soon I found myself hired to do interviews and articles and went off and did them.”

Career, Writing, Opportunity, Networking, Success

“There never was an apple, in Adam’s opinion, that wasn’t worth the trouble you got into for eating it.”

Temptation, Knowledge, Choices, Consequences, Storytelling

“Honestly, if you’re given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don’t say 'what kind of tea?'”

Choices, Humor, Priorities, Absurdity, Perspective

“It seemed to Coraline that it was crouching, and staring down at her, as if it were not really a house but only the idea of a house – and the person who had had the idea, she was certain, was not a good person.”

Perception, Imagination, Fear, Perspective, Reality

“I don't know if any single book made me want to write. C.S. Lewis was the first writer to make me aware that somebody was writing the book I was reading - these wonderful parenthetical asides to the reader.”

Writing Inspiration, Reading, CS Lewis, Awareness, Literary Style

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

Completion, Learning, Persistence, Growth, Discipline

“Death is the second oldest of the Endless. It's hard not to love her. She loves you, after all.”

Death, Personification, Love, Acceptance, Mythology

“Perhaps this is the ultimate freedom, eh, Dreamlord? The freedom to leave.”

Freedom, Choice, Escape, Existentialism, Autonomy

“Every hour wounds. The last one kills.”

Time, Mortality, Pain, Life, Inevitability

“Words save our lives, sometimes.”

Words, Communication, Expression, Salvation, Importance

“Let her tell stories and dance in the rain, somersault, tumble and run. Her joys must be high as her sorrows are deep; let her grow like a weed in the sun.”

Joy, Freedom, Expression, Childhood Play, Personal Growth

“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 wonder if I shall ever see her again, and I realize that I scarcely care. I can feel the sheets beneath me, and the cold air on my chest. I feel fine. I feel absolutely fine. I feel nothing at all.”

Indifference, Loss, Feelings, Acceptance, Existential Reflection