“I don't like doing anything that makes you sweat if you don't come at the end of it.”

Spin magazine 1989

Source: The Te of Piglet

Music Preservation Society biography http://www.wchandymusicfestival.org/downloads/HandyBiography.pdf <br class="br">Variant: Life is like a trumpet - if you don&#x27;t put anything into it, you don&#x27;t get anything out of it.

Neil Gaiman's Journal (01 December 2008)

Source: Carpe Jugulum

2010s, Farewell Speech (2017)
Context: !-- So the young people here and the young people out there: --> Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don't matter, or like you don't have a place in our American story — because you do. And you have a right to be exactly who you are.
But I also want to be very clear: This right isn't just handed to you. No, this right has to be earned every single day. You cannot take your freedoms for granted. Just like generations who have come before you, you have to do your part to preserve and protect those freedoms. And that starts right now, when you're young.
Right now, you need to be preparing yourself to add your voice to our national conversation. You need to prepare yourself to be informed and engaged as a citizen, to serve and to lead, to stand up for our proud American values and to honor them in your daily lives. And that means getting the best education possible so you can think critically, so you can express yourself clearly, so you can get a good job and support yourself and your family, so you can be a positive force in your communities.

In an interview by Henry Geldzahler, 'Art International 1.', February 1964, p. 48
1950 - 1968

Sweat the Small Stuff (2001)