There is a wonderful Tumblr post about imposter syndrome that has gone around for years. In it, it recounts a story in which you were a young writer at a party, and you perchance sat with Neil Armstrong. You were both surprised to have been invited to such an affair, as the story goes. Might I ask, was this a real event or some work of Tumblr fanfic?

Posted on by Erik Chipchase

neil-gaiman:

Oh, it’s true. The actual original tumblr post is https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/160603396711/hi-i-read-that-youve-dealt-with-with-impostor (and the version of it I put up on my blog because people kept asking if it was true is https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2017/05/the-neil-story-with-additional-footnote.html) – and here’s a photo of two Neils and a Neal: https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/08/neil-armstrong.html )