author: Neil Gaiman, on his narrative voice content: I think it's very friendly, me and the reader are old friends, and I take their hand and go, "it's all right, come with me, I know it's scary but I'm here with you," and I lead them into the scary parts... and then I let go of their hand and run away. id: dffce868-5b1b-486b-9785-452b4b5079ae