But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize. Their hearts desire, their dream....But the price of getting what you want is getting what you once wanted.

Quote by Neil Gaiman

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I'll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you're trying to create specific effects with sentences, and...

I'll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you're trying to create specific effects with sentences, and...

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...

I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making...

I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making...

American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are...

American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are...

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...

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...

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is...

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is...

Life without love is a shadow of things that might be

Life without love is a shadow of things that might be

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...

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They...

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.

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.

This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are...

This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are...

I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

I started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having...

As far as I'm concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having...

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,...

A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics...

A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics...

In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The...

In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The...

Life - and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison - is...

Life - and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison - is...

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...