Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman is a British writer, comics writer, poet, television writer, film producer, journalist, and actor, born on 10 November 1960 in Portchester, who works in the English language across a broad range of creative forms.

His comics work includes The Sandman, and he has produced prose fiction across multiple formats and readerships. His novels include Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane, a body of work that spans both standalone novels and shorter narrative forms.

Gaiman has received recognition from several major award bodies. He received the Eisner Award for Best Writer and the Hugo Award for Best Novel. He has also received the Locus Award for Best Short Story and the Locus Award for Best Novelette, awards that reflect his output across different prose lengths. These honors together span comics writing, novel-length fiction, and shorter narrative forms.

His output as a writer, comics writer, and poet, combined with his work as a television writer and film producer, places him across multiple creative disciplines. The range of awards he has received — covering comics, novels, short stories, and novelettes — reflects the variety of formats in which he has worked throughout his career.

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Be wise, because the world needs wisdom. If you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise, and then just behave like they would.
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Be wise, because the world needs wisdom. If you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise, and then just behave like they would.
Be wise, because the world needs wisdom. If you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise, and then just behave like they would.
This is the only country in the world, that worries about what it is. The rest of them know what they are. No one ever needs to go searching for the heart of Norway. Or looks for the soul of Mozambique. They know what they are.
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This is the only country in the world, that worries about what it is. The rest of them know what they are. No one ever needs to go searching for the heart of Norway. Or looks for the soul of Mozambique. They know what they are.
This is the only country in the world, that worries about what it is. The rest of them know what they are. No one ever needs to go searching for the heart of Norway. Or looks for the soul of Mozambique. They know what they are.
It's more than saying sorry. It's meaning it. It's letting the apology change things. But an apology is where it has to begin.
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It's more than saying sorry. It's meaning it. It's letting the apology change things. But an apology is where it has to begin.
It's more than saying sorry. It's meaning it. It's letting the apology change things. But an apology is where it has to begin.
A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.
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A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.
A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.
And now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.
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And now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.
And now go, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.
Waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come and the moments one was currently disregarding.
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Waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come and the moments one was currently disregarding.
Waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come and the moments one was currently disregarding.
The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you’re walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That’s the moment you may be starting to get it right.
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The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you’re walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That’s the moment you may be starting to get it right.
The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you’re walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That’s the moment you may be starting to get it right.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.
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I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.
There's no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones.
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There's no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones.
There's no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones.
The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked... that's the moment you may be starting to get it right.
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The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked... that's the moment you may be starting to get it right.
The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked... that's the moment you may be starting to get it right.
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