It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.

Quote by Neil Gaiman

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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...

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...

All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive...

All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive...

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...

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'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...

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads...

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads...

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.

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...

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,...

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'm a fairly undisciplined writer.

I'm a fairly undisciplined writer.

Life without love is a shadow of things that might be

Life without love is a shadow of things that might be

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,...

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,...

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...

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I...

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I...

We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily...

We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

That awkward moment when your teacher says 'Find a partner,' and you have no friends...

That awkward moment when your teacher says 'Find a partner,' and you have no friends...