American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are simply in there 'cause I like them. I know I couldn't justify each and every one of them.

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Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some...

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some...

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...

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 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...

But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize....

But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the prize....

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the...

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the...

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

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

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...

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,...

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...

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...

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.

I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local...

I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local...

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...

Firstly, there is no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a...

Firstly, there is no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a...

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...

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,...

I'm a fairly undisciplined writer.

I'm a fairly undisciplined writer.

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...

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...