Quotes by Alan Moore

About Alan Moore:

Alan Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell. Frequently described as the best graphic novel writer in history, he has been called "one of the most important British writers of the last fifty years". He has occasionally used such pseudonyms as Curt Vile, Jill de Ray, Translucia Baboon and The Original Writer.
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All this riot and uproar, V... is this Anarchy? Is this the Land of Do-As-You-Please? No. This is only the land of take-what-you-want. Anarchy means "without leaders", not "without order". With anarchy comes an age or ordnung, of true order, which is...

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There, did you think to kill me? There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof. Farewell.

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Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.

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Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.

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There is a face beneath this mask, but it isn't me. I'm no more that face than I am the muscles beneath it, or the bones beneath that.

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

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Equality and freedom are not luxuries to lightly cast aside. Without them, order cannot long endure before approaching depths beyond imagining.

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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.

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Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. By doing nothing, we gave it away. We've seen where their way leads, through c...

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Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes.

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

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Evey Hammond: Who are you? V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask. Evey Hammond: Well I can see that. V: Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation I'm merely remarking upon ...

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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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There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.

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Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.

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The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made you into a statistic. But, that's not the real you. That's not who you are inside.

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Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.

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The past can't hurt you anymore, not unless you let it.

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Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.

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It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in t...

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Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.

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Author Bio

  • NameAlan Moore
  • DescriptionEnglish writer primarily known for his work in comic books
  • BornNovember 18, 1953
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksBatman: The Killing Joke; The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Lost Girls; V For Vendetta; Voice Of The Fire; Watchmen
  • AwardsPrometheus Award - Hall Of Fame