Poetry Quote by Neil Gaiman — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I must confess, I have always wondered what lay beyond life, my dear.”

“I really don't know what "I love you" means.”

“If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist.”

“Normally, in anything I do, I'm fairly miserable. I do it, and I get grumpy because there is a huge, vast gulf, this aching disparity, between the platonic ideal of the project that was living in my head, and the small, sad, wizened, shaking, squeaking thing that I actually produce.”

“Just remember, what the French say. No, probably not the French, they've got a president or something. The Brits, maybe, or the Swedes. You know what I mean?”

“Nobody died. how can you kill an idea? How can you kill the personification of an action?”

“I do not write poetry; I take words and dip them in feelings.”

“I like the posture, but not the yoga.”

“It is difficult”

“The busybody (banned as sexist, demeaning to older women) who lives next door called my daughter a tomboy (banned as sexist) when she climbed the jungle (banned; replaced with "rain forest") gym. Then she had the nerve to call her an egghead and a bookworm (both banned as offensive; replaced with "intellectual") because she read fairy (banned because suggests homosexuality; replace with "elf") tales.”

“Defenceless under the night”

“I often repeat repeat myself,”