Alan Moore has been cited as one of Whedon 's influences .
Whedon has cited Ray Bradbury , James Cameron , Rod Serling , William Shakespeare , Stephen Sondheim , Steven Spielberg , Charles Dickens , Stan Lee , Robert Klein , Jerome Robbins , Frank Borzage , Steve Gerber , Steven Bochco , Frances Hodgson Burnett , Alan Moore and John Wiliams as influences .
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