Neil Gaiman Quotes

A collection of quotes by Neil Gaiman.

Neil Gaiman, born on November 10, 1960, is a British author known for his work in the realms of fantasy, science fiction, and graphic novels. He was born in Portchester, England, and developed a passion for reading from an early age. Gaiman's writing career began in the late 1980s when he penned several notable comic book series, including "The Sandman," which brought him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base.

Gaiman's success extended beyond the world of comics, as he went on to write numerous books blending myth, folklore, and dark fantasy elements. His notable works include "American Gods," which won the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker Awards, and "Stardust," which was adapted into a successful film. Gaiman's prose often weaves together otherworldly tales with elements of reality, creating a unique narrative style that resonates with readers of all ages.

In addition to his work as a writer, Gaiman has also ventured into screenwriting, composing scripts for films like "Beowulf" and television series such as "Neverwhere" and "Good Omens." His creativity and storytelling prowess have garnered him numerous accolades throughout his career, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals in literature.

Neil Gaiman continues to be an influential figure in the literary and entertainment worlds, captivating audiences with his imaginative works that blur the boundaries between ordinary and extraordinary. His contributions have solidified his place as one of the most revered and celebrated authors of his generation.

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you a

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.

Learning School

Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ra

Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of a culture was solely related to how many librarians it contained. Possibly a slight overstatement. But a culture that doesn't value its librarians doesn't value ideas and without ideas, well, where are we?

Librarians

You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always

You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Change

If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is a

If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.

Inspirational

The only water in the forest is the River.

The only water in the forest is the River.

Doctor Who The Doctor S Wife

We are small but we are manyWe are many we are smallWe were

We are small but we are manyWe are many we are smallWe were here before you roseWe will be here when you fall

Coraline Gaiman Lyrics

The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that

The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do.

Time Future Passage Of Time

I can believe things that are true and things that aren't tr

I can believe things that are true and things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not. I can believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and the Beatles and Marilyn Monroe and Elvis and Mister Ed. Listen - I believe that people are perfectable, that knowledge is infinite, that the world is run by secret banking cartels and is visited by aliens on a regular basis, nice ones that look like wrinkled lemurs and bad ones who mutilate cattle and want our water and our women. I believe that the future sucks and I believe that the future rocks and I believe that one day White Buffalo Woman is going to come back and kick everyone's ass. I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating and that the decline in good sex in America is coincident with the decline in drive-in movie theaters from state to state. I believe that all politicians are unprincipled crooks and I still believe that they are better than the alternative. I believe that California is going to sink into the sea when the big one comes, while Florida is going to dissolve into madness and alligators and toxic waste. I believe that antibacterial soap is destroying our resistance to dirt and disease so that one day we'll all be wiped out by the common cold like martians in War of the Worlds. I believe that the greatest poets of the last century were Edith Sitwell and Don Marquis, that jade is dried dragon sperm, and that thousands of years ago in a former life I was a one-armed Siberian shaman. I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars. I believe that candy really did taste better when I was a kid, that it's aerodynamically impossible for a bumble bee to fly, that light is a wave and a particle, that there's a cat in a box somewhere who's alive and dead at the same time (although if they don't ever open the box to feed it it'll eventually just be two different kinds of dead), and that there are stars in the universe billions of years older than the universe itself. I believe in a

Belief

...gods, religions and national boundaries are absolutely im

...gods, religions and national boundaries are absolutely imaginary. They don't tend to exist. As soon as you pull back half a mile and look down at the Earth there are no national boundaries. There aren't even national boundaries when you get down and walk around. They're just imaginary lines we draw on maps. I just get fascinated by people who assume that things that are imaginary have no relevance to their lives.

Conflict Imaginary

They were kissing. Put like that, and you could be forgiven

They were kissing. Put like that, and you could be forgiven for presuming that this was a normal kiss, all lips and skin and possibly even a little tongue. You'd miss how he smiled, how his eyes glowed. And then, after the kiss was done, how he stood, like a man who had just discovered the art of standing and had figured out how to do it better than anyone else who would ever come along.

Love Kiss

His beard was all colors, a grove of trees in autumn, deep b

His beard was all colors, a grove of trees in autumn, deep brown and fire-orange and wine-red, an untrimmed tangle across the lower half of his face. His cheeks were apple-red. He looked like a friend; like someone you had known all your life.

Familiarity Autumn Beards Colors

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams a

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.

Sandman

I my life as if it were happening to someone else. My son di

I my life as if it were happening to someone else. My son died. And I was hurt, but I my hurt, and even it, a little, for now I could write a death, a loss. My heart was broken by my dark lady, and I wept, in my room, alone; but while I wept, somewhere inside I smiled.

Writing Shakespeare

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.

Love

Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they

Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs: colder, too, and sharper, and they cut.

Truth Lies Metaphor Rumors

The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if

The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.

Humor Funny

Delirium: You use that word so much. Responsibilities. Do yo

Delirium: You use that word so much. Responsibilities. Do you ever think about what that means? I mean, what does it mean to you? In your head? Dream: Well, I use it to refer that area of existence over which I exert a certain amount of control or influence. In my case, the realm and action of dreaming. Delirium: Hump. It's more than that. The things we do make echoes. S'pose, f'rinstance, you stop on a street corner and admire a brilliant fork of lightning--ZAP! Well for ages after people and things will stop on that very same corner, stare up at the sky. They wouldn't even know what they were looking for. Some of them might see a ghost bolt of lightning in the street. Some of them might even be killed by it. Our existence deforms the universe. THAT'S responsibility.

Responsibility Dream Delirium Neil Gaiman The Dreaming The Endless The Kindly Ones The Sandman

Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can b

Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one.

Internet Librarians

Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.

Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.

Success Failure Luck Achievements Near Hits Near Misses Nearly

That which is dreamed can never be lost, can never be undrea

That which is dreamed can never be lost, can never be undreamed.

Dream