Neil Gaiman ( 10 of 10 )
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be read more
God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being 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 you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to read more
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.
The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.rn
The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.rn
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere read more
Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.rn
I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it.
I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it.
Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.
Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.
As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the read more
As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But read more
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.
Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.
Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand, he could move the world. read more
Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand, he could move the world. He could have stood in Mr Young.
