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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

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

~Alan Moore

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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

Topics: Before Down Dust Forces History Hope How Immense Just Leaders Make Many Matter Mess More More People Much Our People Political Powerful Progress Religious Religious Leaders Take Them Think Too Too Much

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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

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War never accomplishes anything. It's never going to look good in the history books. People are never going to look back and think, 'He started a lot of wars; what a great leader he was!' That's not the way it works. God knows how many more of these things we're going to need before it starts to sink in.

~Alan Moore

Topics: Accomplishes Anything Back Before Books God Going Good Great Great Leader He History History Books How Knows Leader Look Lot Many More Need Never People Sink Started Starts Things Think War Wars Way Works

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If you look at that incredible burst of fantastic characters that emerged in the late 19th century/early 20th century, you can see so many of the fears and hopes of those times embedded in those characters. Even in throwaway bits of contemporary culture you can often find some penetrating insights into the real world around us.

~Alan Moore

Topics: Around Bits Burst Century Characters Contemporary Culture Embedded Emerged Even Fantastic Fears Find Hopes Incredible Insights Late Look Many Often Penetrating Real Real World See Some The Real World Those Times Us World You 20Th Century

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It's not my job to tell people what to think. If I can actually in some way help the readers' own creative thinking, then that's got to be to everybody's benefit.

~Alan Moore

Topics: Actually Benefit Creative Everybody Got Help Job Own People Readers Some Tell Then Think Thinking Way I Can

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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.

~Alan Moore

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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

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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

Topics: As Far As Far Free Free Will Going Illusion Important Just Long Mad See Stop Us Will I Can

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: November 18th, 1953

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