Author Neil Gainman has turned the graduation speech about "good art" he gave at Philadelphia's University of the Arts into his latest novel.

Last year, author Gainman spoke about making "good art" to the graduating class of Philadelphia's University of the Arts. In his speech he said that life is not always easy and that there are times when everything goes wrong in love, business, friendship and life. And as artists, the best thing a person can do in such situations is to "make good art."

The speech became famous and now one year later the author has changed that speech into his new book titled "Make Good Art." The author says when something bad or unexpected happens, a person is allowed several minutes or even half a day to feel bad or sorry for himself but after that he should start "making art."

Gainman recalls the time when he was working on a UK television series and when it was finally ready, people didn't like it very much and didn't bother to appreciate his hard work. So, he took all the negative feedback and his bitter experiences and turned it into a book which was titled "Neverwhere."

"And what's lovely is, over the years since then, the book has gone on to become this much-loved thing. And, actually, a couple of months ago, the BBC did a fantastic adaptation of the novel on the radio starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Sir Christopher Lee ... James McAvoy, these fantastic actors. And I thought, OK. You know, 15 years later, the thing fixed itself. The wheel turned."

Another one of this latest novels "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" is due out in June.