God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the players, (ie everybody), to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker…

Quote by Neil Gaiman

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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...

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,...

So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook,...

So I went out and bought myself a copy of the Writer and Artist Yearbook,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans.

Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans.

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...

Somebody would say, `Can you write us an article about big, bodice-ripping, blockbusting romance novels?'...

Somebody would say, `Can you write us an article about big, bodice-ripping, blockbusting romance novels?'...

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...

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...

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't...

We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't...

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...

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...

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 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.