I have lots of beliefs about that, but that will have to wait for another interview.
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Neil Gaiman
Author of fiction, comics and screenplays
I like the idea of being atoms that other people can breathe in, and fabulous worm food.
I have never been able to become an atheist and, even though I know it is completely irrational and cannot be backed up, I think when I die I’m going to glory.
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View profile →As a perfectly decent bloke.
When they don’t tell the truth.
I was about six years old in a market square in Italy and my dad said, “Oh, those shorts would look perfect on you.” So he whipped my trousers off and I hadn’t got any knickers on.
Mucking out pigs on a farm when I was 15.
My first wife, because I left her.
I cry all the time in front of the telly. I was doing Gogglebox with Julian Clary recently and I cried watching The Piano.
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