If this book came to you during a despairing night, by dawn, you would believe in ideas and hope and humans again -- Caitlin MoranGaiman is god in the universe of story and for millions this will be a holy book -- Stephen FryLike a series of thoughts for the day, it's a perfect antidote to cynicism and a paean to the power of reading * Observer *Neil Gaiman shows that while we might come to his writing for gods and monsters, actually all human life is here * Independent *Read every single word. Some of this stuff you won't care about at all - until Gaiman explains to you why it matters. Then, you will care. You will care deeply. You might even care forever -- Elizabeth Gilbert[Gaiman] is 100% pure writer. He has the ability to stimulate your thought process by expertly communicating his own -- Craig FergusonPart archive, part hymnal, full of devotion and erudition, this is also a glorious love letter to reading, to writing, to dreaming, to an entire genre -- Junot DiazAn intimate, erudite and illuminating conversation with one of the great minds of fantasy -- Guillermo del ToroProves the former journalist has lost none of his touch for astute observations * Metro *