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Neil Gaiman
17 years ago
Q: Who or what was your biggest influence in deciding to become a writer? (or illustrator)
A: 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.
Q: What inspired you to write your latest book (or illustrate it)
A: It didn’t exist, and I wanted my daughters to be able to read it.
(from Bloomsbury.com interview with Neil Gaiman *here* )
Not much else to share, I guess, just liked the doing something "by simply doing it" . . . might inspire me to get off my ass and do something . . . and the reason for creation . . . a mountain was climbed because it was there and creation inspired because it wasn't.
A: 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.
Q: What inspired you to write your latest book (or illustrate it)
A: It didn’t exist, and I wanted my daughters to be able to read it.
(from Bloomsbury.com interview with Neil Gaiman *here* )
Not much else to share, I guess, just liked the doing something "by simply doing it" . . . might inspire me to get off my ass and do something . . . and the reason for creation . . . a mountain was climbed because it was there and creation inspired because it wasn't.
You're a good writer Tippy... just keep your collection and you'll get published.
V.
He also wrote a beautiful prose retelling of "The Fox, The Monk, and the Mikado of All Night's Dreaming," a Japanese fairy tale. It is published as The Sandman: The Dream Hunters and is beautifully illustrated with paintings by Yoshitaka Amano. If you have the opportunity, I heartily recommend it.
V.
anyway, as I was saying . . . there is one question in his blog i dearly wish i would have had the presence of mind to ask . . .
http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/.....K35AO32WHXBIE7 (syndicated from the blog on journal.neilgaiman.com )
Write to him. He is still a person, and would probably love to hear from you.
V.