I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and in some ways I'm breaking lots of rules about what you can do and what you can't do.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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,...

I'm a fairly undisciplined writer.

I'm a fairly undisciplined writer.

Also, I've already won all the awards.

Also, I've already won all the awards.

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'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...

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 started writing when I was about 20, 21 maybe.

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

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...