We writers – and especially writers for children, but all writers – have an obligation to our readers: it's the obligation to write true things, especially important when we are creating tales of people who do not exist in places that never were – to understand that truth is not in what happens but what it tells us about who we are. Fiction is the lie that tells the truth, after all.
Neil GaimanTomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.
Neil GaimanI believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.
Neil GaimanI don't know why people would want to have lunch with writers. I've eaten with writers. We have appalling table manners, and rarely say anything other than 'Pass the salt' or 'If you're not going to eat that, can I have it?'
Neil Gaiman