He had noticed that events were cowards: they didn’t occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once.
NEIL GAIMANHe had noticed that events were cowards: they didn’t occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once.
NEIL GAIMANWe owe it to each other to tell stories.
NEIL GAIMANI think hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go.
NEIL GAIMANAdventures are all very well in their place, but there’s a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain.
NEIL GAIMANIdeas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.
NEIL GAIMANSeveral years later, from a taxi, you will see someone in a doorway who looks like her, but she will be gone by the time you persuade the driver to stop. You will never see her again. Whenever it rains you will think of her.
NEIL GAIMANYou get what anybody gets – you get a lifetime.
NEIL GAIMANThere’s none so blind as those who will not listen.
NEIL GAIMANWhen 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.
NEIL GAIMANI believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you’re alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”
NEIL GAIMANTomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.
NEIL GAIMANOh, monsters are scared,” said Lettie.” That’s why they’re monsters.
NEIL GAIMANNot only are there no happy endings,’ she told him, ‘there aren’t even any endings.
NEIL GAIMANAll your questions can be answered if that is what you want. But once you learn your answers, you can never unlearn them.
NEIL GAIMANShe says nothing at all but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.
NEIL GAIMANFairy 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