Neil Gaiman in Conversation with Audrey Niffenegger

October 3, 2014
Sosnoff Theater
Live Arts Bard
The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
Bard College

[@nileinspiration3848]

Neil is just so effortless with his words. Love how the conversation flows between them. Also love Audrey’s calm. She’s a wonderful writer ofcourse :)

[@ianmartinezcassmeyer]

They should hire Neil to do a special with all the current Doctors who are willing to come back.

[@nicewords5377]

Audrey Niffenegger has the most beautiful seductive voice, with the softest American accent... I could listen to her reading the phone book...

[@markko0313]

Donna Tartt has a lovely American accent too.

[@davidcopson5800]

@@markko0313 If only she would write more than one book every fifty years.

[@smartwombat9116]

But not the LIber Paginarum Fulvarum :)

[@williamoarlock8634]

@@davidcopson5800 Better if she didn't write at all.

[@kevinscottbailey8335]

I'm of the opposite mind on this. I love this conversation but her accent feels affected and not natural. She's literally from Michigan so I don't really understand what that accent is supposed to be

[@aMdeniZen]

"A werechair. Every night when the moon is full... it suddenly gets hairy." lol Weregoldfish was also really funny. Also, when he read the question, "which mythological character..." and so on "would you be?" I immediately said a phoenix. So, when it came around to Neil answering it and he said a phoenix, I was like "SWEET."

[@philipclayberg4928]

"Werechair: Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the furniture store."

[@JdeMolay]

The Matt Laurer story rings differently now

[@dynomyte0jam]

Did anyone get the anagram?

[@uziao]

No...

[@leoreadss]

sorry why the kiss?

[@stephensharp3033]

Neil said elsewhere that he wanted to be a Giant Redwood tree.

[@smartwombat9116]

You beauty Neil "they'll need blood .... or a firstborn".

[@moondawg9740]

Who's this 1 dislike?!?!??

[@hennydubois6475]

Why would anyone dislike a video about two mediocre writers who unfairly stumbled upon mega fame while thousands of more worthy artists go unnoticed, hum, I dunno.

[@williamoarlock8634]

@@hennydubois6475 Well Gaiman's success comes from tapping into Gen-X nostalgia and Millennial/Gen-Z narcissism. Niffenegger is yet another ultra-bourgeois female 'author' whose warped concept of love and romance gets status and acclaim likely due to connections...

[@peppyhare8458]

the post master general sounds like he burns anyone who uses e-mail

[@NateSean]

Well how else do you think he maintains his powers? Just be glad no one has to leave a kid in a car on a frozen lake.

[@paulchen355]

She sounds more british than american to me

[@kevinscottbailey8335]

Yeah I love this conversation, but her affected accent was a bit distracting. She's literally from Michigan so I'm not sure what that accent is supposed to be

[@deathmetalpotato]

Audrey WHO? We coo chat?? TriHard

[@HomeAtLast501]

If the video is at least 6 years old, and you see the words "in conversation" in the title, you know it's going to be bad.

[@williamoarlock8634]

Mary Sue Niffenegger.

[@HomeAtLast501]

I wouldn't say he's bad, I'd say he's just a fraud.