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.

Quote by Neil Gaiman

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Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads...

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads...

Life without love is a shadow of things that might be

Life without love is a shadow of things that might be

It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.

It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.

I think of myself as a very lazy author.

I think of myself as a very lazy author.

Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big,...

Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big,...

Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand,...

Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand,...

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all...

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all...

Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans.

Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans.

So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and...

So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and...

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and...

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and...

The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have...

The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have...

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths...

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths...

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and...

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and...

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.

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His...

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His...

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all...

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all...

Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand,...

Archimedes said that with a long enough lever and a solid enough place to stand,...

And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you...

And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you...

I'm a fairly undisciplined writer.

I'm a fairly undisciplined writer.

There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing...

There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing...