I'm not a particularly dark individual. I have my moments, it's true, but I do have a sense of humor. Alan Moore More Quotes by Alan Moore More Quotes From 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. Alan Moore design jewels past My only problem with fans is when they turn pro. For example, when all the professional writers were fired by DC in the '60s, they brought in a generation of comic book fans who would have paid to have written these stories. Alan Moore fans example book My mother said I broke her heart...but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us...but within that inch we are free. Alan Moore selfish mother integrity The dusk reeks of fornication and bad consciences. Alan Moore dusk conscience 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 progress brilliant nihilism War is a perversion of sex. Alan Moore perversion war sex There are two worlds we live in: a material world, bound by the laws of physics, and the world inside our mind, which is just as important. Alan Moore law mind two It may be true that the only reason the comic book industry now exists is for this purpose, to create characters for movies, board games and other types of merchandise. Alan Moore games character book When I was working upon the ABC books, I wanted to show different ways that mainstream comics could viably have gone, that they didn't have to follow 'Watchmen' and the other 1980s books down this relentlessly dark route. It was never my intention to start a trend for darkness. I'm not a particularly dark individual. Alan Moore different dark book 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 careers writing song 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. Alan Moore live-your-life people ideas Romantic poetry had its heyday when people like Lord Byron were kicking it large. But you try and make a living as a poet today, and you'll find it's very different! Alan Moore kicking-it trying people 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. Alan Moore fandoms hippie would-be To some degree Satanism is purely a kind of disease of Christianity. You've got to really be Christian to believe in Satan. Alan Moore degrees christian believe I love films that are made with almost no budget. Alan Moore budgets film made I love the smell of paper in the morning; it smells like victory. Alan Moore smell victory morning I'm the idea of the human imagination, which, when you think about it, is the only thing we can really be certain ISN'T imaginary. Alan Moore imagination ideas thinking Our consciousness, a startling outgrowth of the universe, is possibly its most important part, the fraction of existence that can think, feel, marvel at itself. Alan Moore consciousness important thinking I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently. Alan Moore order needs thinking As I see it, part of the art of being a hero is knowing when you don't need to be one anymore. Alan Moore knowing hero art
