Sharpe's Opinion
Wednesday, 28th Jan, 2009
The Graveyard Book Wins The Newbery Medal
Neil Gaiman describes how it feels to win a prize, without swearing:
‘You are on a speakerphone with at least 14 teachers and librarians and suchlike great, wise and good people’, I thought. ‘Do not start swearing like you did when you got the Hugo.’ This was a wise thing to think because otherwise huge, mighty and fourletter swears were gathering. I mean, that’s what they’re for. I think I said, ‘You mean it’s Monday?’
He then proceed to do all the swearing he needed on Twitter, of course…