In a sense, the story, or poem or verse or whatever it is you're writing, you can kind of think of it as a kind of projectile. Imagine it is a kind of projectile which has been specially shaped to be aerodynamic, and that your target is the soft grey putty of the reader's brain.

Alan Moore

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I believe that magic is art, and that art, whether that be music, writing, sculpture, or any other form, is literally magic. Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words or images, to achieve changes in consciousness… Indeed to cast a spell is simply to spell, to manipulate words, to change peoples consciousness, and this is why I believe that an artist or writer is the closest thing in the contemporary world to a shaman.

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The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.

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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.

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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

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

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We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the stri... by Alan Moore

We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.

strings puppets

Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.

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Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words or images to achieve changes in consciousness

magic consciousness art

Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is... by Alan Moore

Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

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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.

consciousness perception spiritual

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.

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

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

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A world grows up around me. Am I shaping it, or do its predetermi... by Alan Moore

A world grows up around me. Am I shaping it, or do its predetermined contours guide my hand?

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As people get more desperate, history suggests that they're not going to rise in a mighty proletarian tidal wave and wash away their oppressors. They're gonna turn on each other.

desperate wave people

Look at him now, poor fellow. That's what a dose of reality does for you...Never touch the stuff myself, you understand. Find it gets in the way of the hallucinations.

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

feelings art thinking

People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments shoul... by Alan Moore

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

accountability government people

In order to be able to make it, you have to put aside the fear of failing and the desire of succeeding. You have to do these things completely and purely without fear, without desire. Because things that we do without lust of result are the purest actions we shall ever take.

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I don’t think people realise how vital libraries are or what a colossal danger it would be if we were to lose any more. Having had a truncated school life myself, all of my education from the age of 17 has been self-taught. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me.

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Life is a lot more interesting if you are interested in the people and the places around you. So, illuminate your little patch of ground, the people that you know, the things that you want to commemorate. Light them up with your art, with your music, with your writing, with whatever it is that you do.

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