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Neil Gaiman

Books are special, books are ...

Books are special, books are the way we talk to generations that have not turned up yet. The fact that we can actually, essentially communicate with the people in ancient Egypt, people in Rome and Greece, people in ancient Britain, people in New York in the 1920s who can communicate to us and change the way we think, and change the things that we believe. I think that books are special. Books are sacred. And I think that when you are selling books, you have to remember that in all the profits and loss, in all of that, you are treading on sacred ground.

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Neil Gaiman

This is a work of fiction. St...

This is a work of fiction. Still, given an infinite number of possible worlds, it must be true on one of them. And if a story set in an infinite number of possible worlds is true in one of them, then it must be true in all of them. So maybe, it's not as fictional as we think.

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Neil Gaiman

Set your fantasies in the her...

Set your fantasies in the here and now and then, if challenged, claim to be writing Magical Realism.

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Neil Gaiman

I could be blindfolded and dr...

I could be blindfolded and dropped into the deepest ocean and I would know where to find you. I could be buried a hundred miles underground and I would know where you are.

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Neil Gaiman

The only advice I can give yo...

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

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Neil Gaiman

Gods, religions and national ...

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.

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Neil Gaiman

Being a writer is a very pecu...

Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.

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Neil Gaiman

It has occasionally been rema...

It has occasionally been remarked upon that it is as easy to overlook something large and obvious as it is to overlook something small and niggling, and that the large things one overlooks often cause problems.

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Neil Gaiman

What makes you think I'm givi...

What makes you think I'm giving you a ride?” “Because I'm a damsel in distress,” she said. “And you are a knight in whatever. A really dirty car.

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Neil Gaiman

And I thought, eight years ag...

And I thought, eight years ago, when I began carefully charting the progress of American Gods, nervously dipping my toes into the waters of blogging, would I have imagined a future in which, instead of recording the vicissitudes of bringing a book into the world, I would be writing about not-even-interestingly missing cups of cold camomile tea? And I thought, yup. Sounds about right. Happy Eighth birthday, blog.

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Neil Gaiman

So, having found a lady, coul...

So, having found a lady, could you not have come to her aid, or left her alone? Why drag her into your foolishness?' 'Love,' he explained. She looked at him with eyes the blue of the sky. 'I hope you choke on it,' she said, flatly.

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Neil Gaiman

And sometimes when you fall.....

And sometimes when you fall... you fly...

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Neil Gaiman

I feel like I am involved in ...

I feel like I am involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell me the rules, and who smiles all the time.

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Neil Gaiman

It may help to understand hum...

It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.

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Neil Gaiman

There are three things, and t...

There are three things, and three things only, that can lift the pain of mortality and ease the ravages of life. These are wine, women and song.

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Neil Gaiman

There's none so blind as thos...

There's none so blind as those who will not listen.

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Neil Gaiman

It is sometimes a mistake to ...

It is sometimes a mistake to climb. It is always a mistake to never make the attempt.

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Neil Gaiman

I think you have to accept th...

I think you have to accept that an artist also has a relationship with his or her art and his or her fans: you are in an open relationship whether you like it or not. Give the artist room to go into the place they create (literally or metaphorically) . And love them when they can't remember where they put their keys.

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Neil Gaiman

I see libraries and librarian...

I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.

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Neil Gaiman

Whatever it is you're scared ...

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

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