Neil Gaiman said this and it's the most succinct piece of profound writing (artistic, life) advice I've read in a long while. I found it here.
It says:
"Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll always be better writers than you and there’ll always be smarter writers than you. There will always be people who are much better at doing this or doing that - but you are the only you.
Tarantino - you can criticize everything that Quentin does - but nobody writes Tarantino stuff like Tarantino. He is the best Tarantino writer there is, and that was actually the thing that people responded to - they’re going ‘this is an individual writing with his own point of view’.
There are better writers than me out there, there are smarter writers, there are people who can plot better - there are all those kinds of things, but there’s nobody who can write a Neil Gaiman story like I can."
It says:
"Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll always be better writers than you and there’ll always be smarter writers than you. There will always be people who are much better at doing this or doing that - but you are the only you.
Tarantino - you can criticize everything that Quentin does - but nobody writes Tarantino stuff like Tarantino. He is the best Tarantino writer there is, and that was actually the thing that people responded to - they’re going ‘this is an individual writing with his own point of view’.
There are better writers than me out there, there are smarter writers, there are people who can plot better - there are all those kinds of things, but there’s nobody who can write a Neil Gaiman story like I can."
-Neil Gaiman
This is just what I needed to hear today! Thank you :D
ReplyDeleteNice! And so true. I've also been thinking about the subjectivity of writing--how just because one person thinks you're great, or awful, doesn't really mean anything. It's just their opinion!
ReplyDeletemy hero. this made my day
ReplyDeleteNeil is one of my heroes. I absolutely loved "American Gods".
ReplyDeleteThanks guys, I agree, Gaiman is awesomesauce. I just loved this quote.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's why I love Gaiman... since the first issue of Sandman I read way back whenever that was.
ReplyDeleteYou know when they talk about 'voice'?
ReplyDeleteThis is voice.
This is PERFECT!!!!!! Thank you!!!!
ReplyDeleteAmazingly awesome quote. Thanks for sharing. I love it.
ReplyDeleteNo one gives a pep talk quite like Neil Gaiman either. Awesome quote!
ReplyDeleteAwesome quote, and so true!
ReplyDeleteThat's a very good thing to keep in mind. I may not be the greatest writer in the world, but nobody else can tell Chris Kelworth's stories.
ReplyDeleteNow I just need to figure out how to tell them well enough for people to love them. :)
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