"As far as I’m concerned, the entire reason for becoming a writer is not having to get up in the morning." ― Neil Gaiman Topic(s): Trust More From Neil Gaiman "In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The hardest thing probably overall has been learning not to trust people, publicists and so forth, implicitly." "You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it." "Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort." More In Trust "The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them."― J. William Fulbright "When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it’s going to be until I’m under way. I trust in inspiration, which sometimes comes and sometimes doesn’t. But I don’t sit back waiting for it. I work every day."― Alberto Moravia "Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."― Ralph Waldo Emerson