Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner. Neil Gaiman backdinnerdream Change image and share on social
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. Neil Gaiman bubbleimaginationinfluence share on social
The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. Neil Gaiman builddancedraw Change image and share on social
I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out. Neil Gaiman fungoodlot Change image and share on social
Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter. Neil Gaiman honestlymatterrule Change image and share on social
Anything that keeps you happy and writing is part of my writing ritual: I like music, so I tend to have it playing in the background. But if I'm interested, I can write in an airport waiting areas. Neil Gaiman airportareabackground Change image and share on social
As a teenager I wrote to R.A. Lafferty. And he responded, too, with letters that were like R.A. Lafferty short stories, filled with elliptical answers to straight questions and simple answers to complicated ones. Neil Gaiman answercomplicateelliptical share on social
I've been blogging since February of 2001. When I started blogging, it was a dinosaur blog. It was me and a handful of tyrannosaurs. We'd be writing blog entries like, 'The tyrannosaurus is getting grumpy.' Neil Gaiman blogbloggingdinosaur share on social
And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you got into for eating it. Neil Gaiman adamappleeat Change image and share on social
I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it. Neil Gaiman loseplacetime Change image and share on social