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Alan Moore is an English writer known for his influential and critically acclaimed works in the comic book industry. He has written iconic graphic novels such as "Watchmen," "V for Vendetta," and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." Moore's complex storytelling and thought-provoking themes have redefined the comic book medium.

I've never studied anything formally. I was excluded from school at the age of 17, so I am an autodidact, which is a word that I have taught myself.

I think that in an increasingly virtual world, lov... -Alan Moore

I think that in an increasingly virtual world, lovingly produced artefacts are at a premium.

Art makes us feel less alone. It makes us think: somebody else has thought this, somebody else has had these feelings.

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.

If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that.

While the revolution will be certainly televised, it strikes me that there is a strong possibility that the revolution will also be crowd-funded.

There's a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like the techno-savvy protest movements, small press, the creator-owned comics, that seem to be getting some signs of hope for the future.

I've had years of bizarre hallucinogenic magical experiences in which I believed I had communicated with entities that may well have been disassociated parts of my own personality or conceivably some independent entity of a metaphysical nature. Both would seem equally interesting.

A lot of people have found the idea of living your life over and over again absolutely terrifying; there's some people that find it very comforting. There are others that are appalled by it.

Language comes first. It's not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven't got language, you can't be conscious.

When I'm putting a story together, I generally know the ending and a couple of the points halfway through, and I've got sort of an idea about the beginning, and although I do write the story one sentence at a time, when I'm thinking it up, I'm thinking it up all at once.

I try to do things in comics that cannot be repeated by television, by movies, by interactive entertainment.

If the audience knew what they wanted then they wo... -Alan Moore

If the audience knew what they wanted then they wouldn't be the audience, they would be the artist.

I think that the Occupy movement is, in one sense, the public saying that they should be the ones to decide who's too big to fail.

I genuinely like the people I meet at signings or ... -Alan Moore

I genuinely like the people I meet at signings or the bits of public talking that I do.

Money's fine if it enables you to enjoy your life and to be useful to other people. But as something that is a means to an end, no, it's useless.

I was kind of a selfish child, who always wanted things his way, and I've kind of taken that over into my relationship with the world.

Every film is a remake of a previous film, or a remake of a television series that everyone loved in the 1960s, or a remake of a television series that everyone hated in the 1960s. Or it's a theme park ride; it will soon come to breakfast cereal mascots.

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.

Television and movies have short-circuited reality. I don't think a lot of people are entirely clear on what is real and what is on the screen.

Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will br... -Alan Moore

Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters.

When alchemists were talking about turning lead to gold, they were talking about turning a leaden consciousness, which most of us exist in during our lives, into a golden consciousness, which is a much better place to be.

I love the smell of paper in the morning; it smell... -Alan Moore

I love the smell of paper in the morning; it smells like victory.

Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just... -Alan Moore

Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position.

I like Jacques Derrida; I think he's funny. I like my philosophy with a few jokes and puns. I know that that offends other philosophers; they think he's not taking things seriously, but he comes up with some marvellous puns. Why shouldn't you have a bit of fun while dealing with the deepest issues of the mind?

Don't leave home without your sword - your intelle... -Alan Moore

Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect.

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This quote employs a metaphorical expression to convey the importance of intellectual preparedness. It suggests that one should always carry their "sword," symbolizing their intellect, knowledge, and mental capabilities, emphasizing the value of being intellectually equipped and sharp in navigating life's challenges and opportunities.

I don't think you can separate a place from its history. I think a place is much more than the bricks and mortar that go into its construction. I think it's more than the accidental topography of the ground it stands on.

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.

I think there's always been a traditionally apocalyptic side to British science fiction, from H.G. Wells onwards. I mean, most of Wells' stories are potentially apocalyptic in some sense or another.

Right from the outset, the prevailing mindset in British comics fandom was a radical and progressive one. We were all proto-hippies, and we all thought that comics would be greatly improved if everything was a bit psychedelic like Jim Steranko.

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