Growing up in the Boroughs, I thought I must be the cleverest boy in the world, an illusion that I was able to maintain until I got to the grammar school. Alan Moore boroughboyclever Change image and share on social
Famously, there's not really anywhere to go after nihilism. It's not progressing toward anything, it's a statement of outrage, however brilliant. Alan Moore brilliantfamouslynihilism Change image and share on social
To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films. Alan Moore bookchildishcomic Change image and share on social
In the sixties, for anybody to suggest that the government didn't have our best interests at heart and policemen sometimes killed people would have automatically made them a radical firebrand lefty. That's not the case anymore. Alan Moore anymoreautomaticallycase share on social
No matter how powerful our political and religious leaders think they are, they are as dust before the immense and implacable forces of history and progress. I just hope that they don't make too much of a mess or take too many more people down with them. Alan Moore dustforcehistory share on social
I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently. Alan Moore bedrockcoherentlylegend Change image and share on social
I've got nothing against America, but I went over there a couple of times and didn't really like it. I mean, not that I like England that much, but it's somewhere to live. Alan Moore americacoupleengland Change image and share on social
Way back in the day, when I first started and had delusions of adequacy as a cartoonist, I would listen to music. When I switched to a career as a writer, I would try to listen to music, but if the songs had lyrics they would get in the way of the words I was trying to write. So I switched to listening to purely instrumental pieces. Alan Moore adequacybackcareer share on social
Here's the thing: If you're monitoring every single thing that goes on in a given culture, if you have all the information that is there to be had, then that is the equivalent of having none of it. How are you going to process that amount of information? Alan Moore amountcultureequivalent share on social
I love films that are made with almost no budget. Alan Moore budgetfilmlove Change image and share on social