“Journalism is just a gun. It’s only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that’s all you need. Aim it right, and you can blow a kneecap off the world.”

—  Warren Ellis

Source: Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street

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English comics and fiction writer 1968

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