I always wanted to be a writer, but Alan Moore's work and help inspire…

Neil Gaiman
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I always wanted to be a writer, but Alan Moore's work and help inspired me to write comics. In some ways the biggest influence on me writing was Punk. There was the idea that you could do something by simply doing it.
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