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And there never was an apple, in Adam's opinion, that wasn't worth the trouble you got into for eating it. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#apple #eating #got #into #never

I think of myself as a very lazy author. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#i #i think #lazy #myself #think

I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#art form #deserve #form #i #i think

I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did when began it. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#comedy #did #feel #finish #happier

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#anyone #anything #i #publish #relieved

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#fun #good #i #like #lot

The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#current #first #freedom #freedom of speech #guaranteed

The short story is still like the novel's wayward younger brother, we know that it's not respectable - but I think that can also add to the glory of it. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#also #brother #glory #i #i think

Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#best #honestly #i #matter #needs

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? ↗

— Ernest Gaines

#culture #guns #hands #holding #holding hands