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Don't worry about trying to develop a style. Style is what you can't help doing. If you write enough, you draw enough, you'll have a style, whether you want it or not. Don't worry about whether you're commercial. Tell your own stories, draw your own pictures. Let other people follow you.

Neil Gaiman

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Neil Gaiman
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: November 10
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