You’ve got to be able to pay your bills; otherwise, you’re not going to sleep at night. But beyond that, the world inside my head has always been a far richer place than the world outside it. I suppose that a lot of my art and writing are meant to bring the two together. Alan Moore Read Quote
Growing up in the Boroughs, I thought I must be the cleverest boy in the world, an illusion that I was able to maintain until I got to the grammar school. Alan Moore Read Quote
Do I believe, for example, that by using magic I could fly? No. How would you get around gravity? Impossible. Do I believe that I might be able to project my consciousness into a very, very vivid simulation of flying? Yeah. Yes, I’ve done that. Yes, that works. Alan Moore Read Quote
On the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable. Alan Moore Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’ve got nothing against America, but I went over there a couple of times and didn’t really like it. I mean, not that I like England that much, but it’s somewhere to live. Alan Moore Read Quote
I try to do things in comics that cannot be repeated by television, by movies, by interactive entertainment. Alan Moore Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Alan Moore Read Quote
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. Alan Moore Read Quote
