Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort.

Quote by Neil Gaiman

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I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does...

I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does...

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...

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,...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Charitably...I think...Sometimes perhaps one must change or die. And in the end, there were perhaps...

Charitably...I think...Sometimes perhaps one must change or die. And in the end, there were perhaps...

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...

Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans.

Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans.

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...

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...

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...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning...

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning...

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

I think my iPhone is broken. I pressed the home button and i'm still at...

I think my iPhone is broken. I pressed the home button and i'm still at...