There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories.

Quote by Neil Gaiman

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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?'...

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His...

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His...

And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you...

And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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 think of myself as a very lazy author.

I think of myself as a very lazy author.

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...

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...

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...

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...

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe...

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe...

For all we know God may exist. For all we know we may not.

For all we know God may exist. For all we know we may not.

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...