@neilhimself The odd quality of that spell is that this will, at some point, outlive you. The thoughts and words of Neil Gaiman will continue to inspire people.
@neilhimself Too much of the commentary about the Internet overlooks this simple truth. Using the Internet people can communicate with each other instantly across vast distances. Yes there is some bad but there is far far more good 😊
Stop trying to cram the genie back into the bottle and start realising its potential, remember there will always be fraudsters out for a quick buck, that’s human nature. #auspol
@neilhimself Once you add the effects on readers not just across such giant gaps of space, but those of time as well, this idea becomes even more stunningly full of wonder, awe and beauty. I tell my students that writing means throwing messages in text bottles into the ocean of time and space, and that the challenge is helping their future bottle discoverers on distant shores decode the stories they tell …
@neilhimself I realized recently that the songs I write that make people cry are mostly about imaginary situations. I even put that in a song. Then I made someone cry with a song about what really happened. That was magical.