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100 Thought-Provoking Quotes By Alan Moore, The Renowned English Comic Writer

Famous As: Writer
Born On: November 18, 1953
Born In: Northampton, England
Age: 70 Years
Alan Moore is a British novelist and graphic book author, best known for his works such as ‘V for Vendetta’, ‘Lost Girls’, ‘Swamp Thing’ and ‘Gentlemen’. Alan started his career as a comic writer and illustrator. He is also renowned as a cartoonist, comic writer, musician, magician and screen writer. From 1982-85, Alan worked on his highly-acclaimed comics book ‘V for Vendetta’. Between 1982 and 1984, he worked on ‘Marvelman/Miracleman’. Alan produced graphic story books ‘Swamp Things’ and created ‘Watchmen’ an acclaimed comics’ book series. In 1988, he published ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’. Alan created four comics series in 1999 namely ‘Top 10’, ‘Promethea’ , ‘Tom Strong’ , and ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’. In 2003, he produced ‘The Courtyard’ and ‘Neonomicon’ in 2010. From 2012-13, he published ‘Fashion Beast’. Alan’s comics ‘Providence’ garnered immense popularity. Alan also has few novels to his credit that include ‘Voice of the Fire’ and ‘Jerusalem’. In 2003, he published a non-fiction book titled ‘Alan Moore's Writing for Comics’. The work, writings, novels, books, sayings and quotes by Alan Moore are sure to inspire you besides tickling your funny bones. Have a look at the collection of quotations, thoughts and sayings by the distinguished comic writer on truthfulness, pretense, equality and life that will make you sail through rough times with a smile.
My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.

My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.

Alan Moore
People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.

People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.

Alan Moore
Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.

Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.

Alan Moore
Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.

Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.

Alan Moore
Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.

Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.

Alan Moore
You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

Alan Moore
The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.

The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.

Alan Moore
Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.

Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.

Alan Moore
Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.

Remember, remember the fifth of November of gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.

Alan Moore
Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.

Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.

Alan Moore
All we ever see of stars are their old photographs.

All we ever see of stars are their old photographs.

Alan Moore
God is in the rain.

God is in the rain.

Alan Moore
None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with YOU. You're locked up in here with ME.

None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with YOU. You're locked up in here with ME.

Alan Moore
They say that life's a game, & then they take the board away.

They say that life's a game, & then they take the board away.

Alan Moore
Love your rage, not your cage.

Love your rage, not your cage.

Alan Moore
No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.

No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.

Alan Moore
The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made you into a statistic. But, that's not the real you. That's not who you are inside.

The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made you into a statistic. But, that's not the real you. That's not who you are inside.

Alan Moore
It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one.

It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one.

Alan Moore
Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.

Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.

Alan Moore
We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from another's vantage point, as if new, it may still take the breath away.

We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from another's vantage point, as if new, it may still take the breath away.

Alan Moore
There's a notion I'd like to see buried: the ordinary person. Ridiculous. There is no ordinary person.

There's a notion I'd like to see buried: the ordinary person. Ridiculous. There is no ordinary person.

Alan Moore
So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness. Madness is the emergency exit.

So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there's always madness. Madness is the emergency exit.

Alan Moore
All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.

All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.

Alan Moore
VI VERI VENIVERSUM VIVUS VICI.
By the Power of Truth, I, while living, have Conquered the Universe.

VI VERI VENIVERSUM VIVUS VICI. By the Power of Truth, I, while living, have Conquered the Universe.

Alan Moore
There is no future. There is no past. Do you see? Time is simultaneous, an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time, when the whole design is visible in every facet.

There is no future. There is no past. Do you see? Time is simultaneous, an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time, when the whole design is visible in every facet.

Alan Moore
If I have to have a past, then I prefer it to be multiple choice.

If I have to have a past, then I prefer it to be multiple choice.

Alan Moore
Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes.

Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes.

Alan Moore
There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.

There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.

Alan Moore
Sexually progressive cultures gave us literature, philosophy, civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark Ages and the Holocaust.

Sexually progressive cultures gave us literature, philosophy, civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark Ages and the Holocaust.

Alan Moore
The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin.

The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin.

Alan Moore