Neil Gaiman Quotes

Who walks around proud of things they've done? That's an obnoxious quality.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

One, I never get sick of talking about myself.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'm the prettiest thing that ever lived.

I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.

If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?

When I was ten years old, I had great pride in myself, which sometimes even took the form of boasting and self-praise; although I myself did not want to, I used to assume the air of someone undertaking some great work and mighty act of heroism.

I don't want to write a hagiography on myself. To me, that is just a waste.

I don't know how humble a person can be while consistently spouting statements like 'I, Donald Trump, am a totally gifted politician,' or 'I'm, like, a smart person.'

I don't like to praise myself - that I am the quickest, that I am the strongest, that I am the most technical guy - I never do that.

I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty.

I'm the greatest, I'm a bad man, and I'm pretty!

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

People love me. And you know what, I have been very successful. Everybody loves me.

Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

I can't stand when people say, 'Don't hate me because I'm beautiful'. OK, how about I hate you because you said that.

I've gone through guys who want to lay on their backs and play like they're full of themselves. You know, I don't care about posing. I mean look at me, do I care about posing?

There's no point in success if you don't let it go to your head. That's what it's for.