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 were doing it. – Neil Gaiman
Its not a bad thing for a writer not to feel at home. Writers – were much more comfortable at parties standing in the corner watching everybody else having a good time than we are mingling. – Neil Gaiman
Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If its a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed. – Neil Gaiman
The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries dont have that. – Neil Gaiman
From very early on in my childhood – four, five years old – I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet, because I felt disconnected – I was very tall and skinny, and I didnt look like anybody else, I didnt even look like any member of my family. – Patti Smith