Alan Moore
Alan Moore
Alan Mooreis an English writer primarily known for his work in graphic novels including Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. Frequently described as the best graphic novel writer in history, he has been called "one of the most important British writers of the last fifty years". He has occasionally used such pseudonyms as Curt Vile, Jill de Ray, Translucia Baboon, and The Original Writer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 November 1953
opportunity voice people
It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.
honesty long wearing-a-mask
You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.
light able outlaw
If light is outlawed, then only outlaws will be able to see where they're going.
writing cutting long
The one thing with writing stories about the rise of fascism is that if you wait long enough, you'll almost certainly be proved right. Fascism is like a hydra - you can cut off its head in the Germany of the '30s and '40s, but it'll still turn up on your back doorstep in a slightly altered guise.
quitting sometimes relapse
There's no such thing as quitting. Just sometimes there's a longer pause between relapses.
government people should
People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.
cages rage vendetta
Love your rage, not your cage.
believe flying magic
Do I believe, for example, that by using magic I could fly? No. How would you get around gravity? Impossible. Do I believe that I might be able to project my consciousness into a very, very vivid simulation of flying? Yeah. Yes, I've done that. Yes, that works.
inspirational jobs artist
It is not the job of artists to give the audience what the audience want. If the audience knew what they needed, then they wouldn’t be the audience. They would be the artist. It is the job of artists to give the audience what they need
ideas flesh mask
Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.
spiritual perception consciousness
Because our entire universe is made up of consciousness, we never really experience the universe directly we just experience our consciousness of the universe, our perception of it, so right, our only universe is perception.
mad matter ifs
If you're functional, it doesn't matter if you're mad.
humor comedian realizing
Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.
art magic consciousness
Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words or images to achieve changes in consciousness