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Neil Gaiman Quotes

I started blogging a decade ago because I like blogging. Writing's a kind of lonely thing to do, and I liked the idea of demystifying the process because I loved it as a kid and teenager and as somebody who wanted desperately to write.

Neil Gaiman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: british
Birth: November 10, 1960

Topics

Writing Process Loved Lonely Kind

I worked on 'Always and Forever, Lara Jean' for a few months before I breathed a word of it my editor or agent.

Jenny Han

Always Forever Word Before Agent

It is the right of government to protect the weak; it is the right of the weak to find in their courts fair treatment before the law.

Robert Kennedy

Government Law Find Protect Right

We often joke about men moaning about being ill, whether it's man flu or anything else. We want them to be silent and strong about these things. And that's quite dangerous when it comes to depression, because talking about it helps. People bottle it up until it's too late.

Matt Haig

Depression Men Man People Strong

I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together.

John Zorn

Life Together My Life Way Same Put

People imagine that there are rituals, like lighting candles or sacrificing chickens. They really just want to know what the magic formula is for writing. I inevitably disappoint them by saying you just put your butt in the chair, and you write 500 words a day, and then you get up and repeat it the next morning.

John Scalzi

Morning Day Words People Writing

Unless your kid is Pele Jr., they're not going to be able to feed themselves from soccer. If your kid knows how to play soccer, but not make dinner, you have done them a disservice.

Alton Brown

Dinner You Soccer Play Done Kid

I have to believe in the character to perform it.

Stana Katic

Character Believe Perform

Actions have consequences.

Tom Cotton

Consequences Actions

To me, diva means an extraordinary, outrageously theatrical, brilliant performer.

Roger Taylor

Me Brilliant Extraordinary Diva

Though monetary compensation may never add up, teachers can rest assured that they are important.

Monica Johnson

Rest Important Teachers Never Up

I made odd noises as a child. Just did weird things, like turn off light switches twice. I think my parents thought I had Tourette's syndrome.

Johnny Depp

Light Child Parents Think Thought

Background checks, waiting periods, reports of transfers, and access to mental health records have not stopped the legal sale of firearms to legitimate buyers.

Colleen Hanabusa

Health Waiting Legal Mental Health