Neil Gaiman is (barring some ontological problems) a Great American

Because (among other reasons) he said this, in an interview at comicbookresources.com:

...Hollywood executives really love the smell of their own urine and what they really like doing is urinating on things. And then going, "Hmm, now this smells really good" and being really puzzled when the rest of the world goes "No, actually it smells like pee."

Really. Go read the whole quote, and the rest of the interview.