WIST Quotations

Moore, Alan -- Behind the Painted Smile (1983)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

We sneer. We lampoon and ridicule the sniveling little oaf before his peers…. We imply that even to have voiced such a question places him irretrievably in the same category as the common pencil-sharpener…. The reason why we do this is pretty straightforward. Firstly, in the dismal and confused sludge of opinion and half-truth that make up all artistic theory and criticism, it is the only question worth asking. Secondly, we don’t know the answer and we’re scared that somebody will find out.

Alan Moore (b. 1953) British writer
Behind the Painted Smile (1983)

(on writers being asked "Where do you get you get your ideas from?")

Moore, Alan -- The Killing Joke (1988)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

JOKER: It’s all a joke! Everything anybody ever valued or struggled for — it’s all a monstrous, demented gag! So why can’t you see the funny side? Why aren’t you laughing?
BATMAN: Because I’ve heard it before. And it wasn’t funny the first time.

Alan Moore (b. 1953) British writer
The Killing Joke (1988)

Moore, Alan -- In Dez Vylenz (dir), The Mindscape of Alan Moore, film (2005)

Dave — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:38:11 +0000

Yes, there is a conspiracy, indeed there are a great number of conspiracies, all tripping each other up. … The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theories is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in the conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic. The truth is, that it is not the Jewish banking conspiracy, or the grey aliens, or the twelve-foot reptilioids from another dimension that are in control, the truth is far more frightening: no-one is in control, the world is rudderless.

Alan Moore (b. 1953) British writer
In Dez Vylenz (dir), The Mindscape of Alan Moore, film (2005)
(Source)

Discussing his research about conspiracy theories while writing "Shadowplay: The Secret Team" (1988).

Moore, Alan -- Interview, Mustard #4 (Jan 2005)

Dave — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:35:33 +0000

My experience in 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.

Alan Moore (b. 1953) British writer
Interview, Mustard #4 (Jan 2005)
(Source)