MOUTHING OFF  

THE BOOK OF NEIL

British author Neil Gaiman is known for his fantasy novels (Good Omens), spooky stories (Coraline), and comic books (The Sandman). He’s also very quotable.

“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.”

“I lost some time once. It’s always in the last place you look for it.”

“Life is life, and it is infinitely better than the alternative, or so we presume, for nobody returns to dispute it.”

“It is difficult to kill an idea because ideas are invisible and contagious, and they move fast.”

“The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies.”

“Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn’t.”

“WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO SAY, MEAN IT.”

“I’ve never known anyone who was what he or she seemed…or at least, was only what he or she seemed.”

“You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it.”