“I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible.”

— Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, 2013, Ch. 6

About Neil Gaiman

Born 1960

British author of novels, comics and short stories, including 'The Sandman', 'American Gods' and 'Coraline'.

“Make good art.”

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

“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.”

“Learn what dwells in man, what is not given to man, and what men live by.”

“We must all learn to live together as brothers, or we will all perish together as fools.”

“Life consists in the alternate process of learning and unlearning; but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.”

“Let us learn from the lips of death the lessons of life.”

“He who should teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live.”

“The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living.”