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I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.

So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.

— http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/12/my-new-year-wish.html (via neil-gaiman)

31 December 2011 • reblog: neil-gaiman • neil gaiman happy new year quotes

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I think I would rather be a man than a god. We don’t need anyone to believe in us. We just keep going anyhow. It’s what we do.

— Neil Gaiman; from his novel, American Gods (via quote-book)

27 September 2011 • reblog: quote-book • quotes american gods neil gaiman

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Mythbuster Adam Savage sings over the phone “I will survive” in the voice of Gollum for Minnesota Public Radio’s Wits with Neil Gaiman as guest.

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28 June 2011 • fun adam savage gollum interviews neil gaiman i will surive impersonations geeky wits

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Starfucking with Kevin Smith Chapter 3 starts with Neil Gaiman reading his short story “Being an Experiment Upon Strictly Scientific Lines” about drunk authors and nutrional issues of ants, followed by a group reading of the “Somewhere in America” section from American Gods in which he is joined by Kevin Smith and Amanda Palmer.

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25 June 2011 • starfucking with kevin smith smodcast neil gaiman amanda palmer kevin smith short stories fun american gods being an experiment on strictly scientific lines

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kavalierandclay:

Awesome people hanging out together: Neil Gaiman and Douglas Adams in 1983

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17 June 2011 • reblog: murmurandshout • photos neil gaiman douglas adams

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totalfilm:

American Gods heading to HBO in 2013

Brit author Neil Gaiman is set to shepherd his much-loved novel American Gods onto TV screens in 2013.

Though as recently as March this year Gaiman was talking about Gods being turned into a movie, the author has struck a deal with co-producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman and their production company Playtone.

American Gods is being planned as a six season TV show, with each season consisting of 10-12 hour-long episodes.

The budget’s nothing to be sniffed at either, with each season given a money bag containing $35-40m. Nothing compared to The Pacific’s $225m, but way above anything else on network television.

“There are some crazy things in American Gods,” says Goetzman, justifying that budget. “We’ll probably be doing more effects in there than has been done on a television series.”

I believe it when I see it and when I see it, I better don’t believe what I’m seeing (in the good way).

13 June 2011 • reblog: totalfilm • amercian gods neil gaiman hbo tv series adaptations

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Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' Developing As An HBO Series, And Here's Why You Should Get Excited

fuckyeahgaiman:

The Home Box Office network has already won our heart and undying love for bringing one of our favorite book series to television, “Game of Thrones,” but today news broke that HBO is in early development stages to bring yet another excellent book, Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods,” to the small screen.

According to Deadline, the project was brought to HBO by Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, with renowned cinematographer Robert Richardson attached to co-write the pilot with Gaiman.

We almost feel that there’s no further reason to elaborate on why this is awesome news, but just in case, MTV Staff Writer Kara Warner and Movies Blog Editor Josh Wigler are here to school you on why an HBO adaptation of “American Gods” could be a truly divine television experience.

Qualified ProfessionalsRichardson is the cinematographer behind a slew of very cool and unique films like “Hugo Cabret,” “Kill Bill,” and “Shutter Island.” So even if he’s not manning the camera, he has such great visual sense, we are confident he will do Gaiman’s masterful mythological fantasy justice.

A Platform With a PedigreeDespite the inevitable anxiety fans of the book will have in seeing a beloved property adapted, the sprawling, epic nature of Gaiman’s story is only fit for TV. Plus, with the recent (and soon-to-be) success of book-to-TV adaptions “The Walking Dead” and “Game of Thrones,” fans (and novices) can rest assured that the best possible medium is being utilized in the adaptation process.

Not For KidsAnother similarity to “Walking Dead” and “Game of Thrones,” the tone of “Gods” is a mature one, full of blood, sex and violence. It just isn’t fitting for anything other than a network like HBO, which is known for pushing the envelope with its content — see “True Blood,” “The Wire,” “The Sopranos,” “Oz” and a whole bunch more for further proof of HBO’s bravery in the face of controversy.

Not Messing With The MasterGaiman himself is involved as a co-writer! So just like AMC’s “Walking Dead” does with creator Robert Kirkman, the actual man behind the mythology is deeply involved in the process. That can’t be anything but a good thing.

Fresh Genre/Geek-tastic MeatWhile Gaiman is definitely viewed as a geek god, his work has an element of “cool” that you don’t see in everything else. “American Gods” is set in modern day, with an ex-con as a protagonist. The gritty realism paired with mythological figures (new and old school) is a kick-ass concept, not to mention a great property to tackle for those who might have outgrown the almost-concluded “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” franchises.

A contender for my favorite book as a HBO series? Yes, please.

16 April 2011 • reblog: fuckyeahgaiman • american gods adaptations hbo neil gaiman tv series

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thedailywhat:

Early Bird Special: Neil Gaiman in Dr. Download or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Online Piracy.

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12 February 2011 • reblog: thedailywhat • neil gaiman interviews online piracy

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Preludes and Nocturnes

CHORONZON: I am a dire world, prey-stalking, lethal prowler.
MORPHEUS: I am a hunter, horse-mounted, wolf-stabbing.
CHORONZON: I am a horsefly, horse-stinging, hunter-throwing.
MORPHEUS: I am a spider, fly-consuming, eight legged.
CHORONZON: I am a snake, spider-devouring, posion-toothed.
MORPHEUS: I am an ox, snake-crushing, heavy footed.
CHORONZON: I am an anthrax, butcher, bacterium, warm-life destroying.
MORPHEUS: I am a world, space-floating, life nurturing.
CHORONZON: I am a nova, all-exploding... planet-cremating.
MORPHEUS: I am the Universe -- all things encompassing, all life embracing.
CHORONZON: I am Anti-Life, the Beast of Judgement. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, gods, worlds... of everything. Sss. And what will you be then, Dreamlord?
MORPHEUS: I am hope.

31 January 2011 • reblog: colourslikegoddesses • sandman neil gaiman dialogue battle of wits fights hope

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tiny-angry-art-machine:

Currently Neil’s Twitter Photo and my new favorite thing of all time <3

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7 January 2011 • reblog: tiny-angry-art-machine-deactiva • fun photos neil gaiman amanda palmer wedding

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Crowley and Aziraphale's New Year's resolutions

invisiboy:

as written by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Crowley:

Resolution #1: I must accept that Super-Gluing valuable coins to the sidewalk and then watching events from a nearby café is not proper demonic activity.

Resolution #2: The same applies to rearranging the letters on wayside pulpits.

Resolution #3: Try to come up with something as good as cell phone ringtones, following one last stab at convincing Downstairs that cell phone ringtones are right up there in the whole Human Misery stakes. And iPods. Has anybody Down There even said thank you for iPods? Or “Googling yourself?” Frankly, I deserve some kind of award for “Googling yourself.”

Resolution #4: I must encourage greedy people to use the term, “Low-hanging fruit,” because that’s just like old times.

Resolution #5: This year, I will get a desk near the window.

Resolution #6: I will try to understand why Hell is a no-smoking area. I just think it’s ridiculous having to stand around outside the gates, that’s all.

Resolution #7: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design, because it upsets everyone.

Resolution #8: Stop Googling myself.

Aziraphale:

Resolution #1: Spread peace and love and glad tidings of great joy throughout the world. Also try to get out more.

Resolution #2: I will be charitable to people who use the term “core values,” however difficult this may be.

Resolution #3: Notwithstanding Resolution #2 (above), I will redouble my efforts to have the utterance of the phrase “core values” classified as a deadly sin. I believe Himself is with me on this one.

Resolution #4: I will try to be nicer to the customers. They want to buy books; I want to sell them. It can’t be that hard. (Memo to self: Regular opening hours? Mark prices on books?)

Resolution #5: I will try to be polite to Gabriel, no matter what the provocation.

Resolution #6: Find out exactly what an “Internet” is.

Resolution #7: Really must resume dancing lessons. Learn the “Galloping Major,” the “Gay Gordons,” the “Mashed Potatoes.” Possibly even the “Twist”?

Resolution #8: Thwart Infernal Wiles (ongoing).

Resolution #9: I will try to understand why Heaven is a non-smoking area.

Resolution #10: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design – despite the fact that the human airway crosses the digestive tract. Who thought that was intelligent?

Resolution #11: Feed the ducks.

2 January 2011 • reblog: invisiboy • good omens fun new year neil gaiman

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thedailywhat:

So This Happened of the Day: Amanda F. Palmer and Neil Gaiman’s Christmas present for the Internet: A sweded reimagining of Jim Henson’s cult classic Labyrinth, complete with sock puppets and mullet wigs.

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26 December 2010 • reblog: amandafuckingpalmer • sweded labyrinth fun short films amanda palmer neil gaiman