Neil Gaiman Quotes

Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me. Books saved me. So, I do believe through stories we can learn to change, we can learn to empathize and be more connected with the universe and with humanity.

I have been drawn to stories that are attempting to turn suffering into beauty.

I wrote 'Option B' because I want other people to know it can get better, and I want to help people make it better.

My past made me who I am today. I can’t just pretend it never happened. But the biggest lesson I learnt from that, is that I can be an example for others who are still struggling! There’s always hope and help for everyone. I think it’s my responsibility to do that, to help. I always refer to this as the “moment of clarity”. It’s hard to explain what really happened, but it was a once in a lifetime kind of moment. I had reached my lowest point and I just knew things had to change quickly because there was just no other way, you know.

People change when they hurt enough that they have to change, learn enough that they want to change, receive enough that they are able to change.

When you harness your leadership skill to your broken heart change happens.

I've seen so many lives turn around from the impossible. I have come to embrace the idea that even the simplest act of understanding, love and attention can produce the biggest results.

I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.

In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and degradation of the cruelty of others and they not only survived, they thrived. They gave me hope and laughter, and they kept me going in spite of everything else. They were my heroes.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

A lot of kids are broken, and it's hard for them to believe in anything. But you have to have an imaginative mind and tell yourself, 'Hey, I can do whatever I want to.'

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

I want to do stories that inspire people.

Cancer opens many doors. One of the most important is your heart.

In our own, theatre can be the place where we come together, reaching with and through stories, to who we are and to who we can be.

Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not alone, that we can change our circumstances and even achieve the impossible.

Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help.

Over the years, people have often said to us that they were going through some horrible thing in their life - maybe the worst thing that had ever happened, or that they could think would ever happen - and that, somehow, in that state, we made them laugh. And I was like, 'That's a wonderful calling.'

Turn your scars into stars.

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.

A lot of songs are empowering because everybody who has been through a hard time in a relationship or in their lives can relate to it.

If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.

It will always be relevant and always be inspiring to see somebody turning themselves into a warrior.

All I can do with my music is try and be a light for people who are in a dark time.