“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.”
― Alan Moore
“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.”
― 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.”
― Alan Moore
“All we ever see of stars are their old photographs.”
― Alan Moore
“Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. By doing nothing, we gave it away. We've seen where their way leads, through camps and wars, towards the slaughterhouse.”
― Alan Moore
“Love your rage, not your cage.”
― Alan Moore
“There's a notion I'd like to see buried: the ordinary person. Ridiculous. There is no ordinary person.”
― 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.”
― Alan Moore
"As far as I can see, it's not important that we have free will, just as long as we have the illusion of free will to stop us going mad"
― Alan Moore
"Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words or images to achieve changes in consciousness"
― Alan Moore
"If you're functional, it doesn't matter if you're mad."
― Alan Moore
"Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade."
― Alan Moore
"I think that in an increasingly virtual world, lovingly produced artefacts are at a premium."
― Alan Moore
"Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss."
― Alan Moore
"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."
― Alan Moore
"I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me."
― Alan Moore
"There is an inverse relationship between imagination and money."
― Alan Moore