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I really can't be bothered going to a barber. And shaving every morning, that's nightmarish. I spent my teenage years covered in tiny little bits of toilet paper.

I really can't be bothered going to a barber. And shaving every morning, that's nightmarish. I spent my teenage years covered in tiny little bits of toilet paper.

Alan Moore
Morning, Teenage, Years

Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.

Alan Moore
Thinking, Republic, Outcomes
"Watchmen". Сomic book limited series by Alan Moore, 1986–1987.

I increasingly fear that nothing good can come of almost any adaptation, and obviously that's sweeping. There are a couple of adaptations that are perhaps as good or better than the original work. But the vast majority of them are pointless.

Alan Moore
Couple, Majority, Adaptation

That pompous phrase (graphic novel) was thought up by some idiot in the marketing department of DC. I prefer to call them Big Expensive Comics.

Alan Moore
Marketing, Phrases, Idiot

I don't think you can separate a place from its history. I think a place is much more than the bricks and mortar that go into its construction. I think it's more than the accidental topography of the ground it stands on.

Alan Moore
Thinking, Bricks And Mortar, Topography
"Alan Moore Gets Psychogeographical With Unearthing". Interview With Scott Thill, www.wired.com. August 9, 2010.

Things are tough all over, cupcake, an' it rains on the just an' the unjust alike...except in California.

Alan Moore
Rain, Cupcakes, California

A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts. Why should I be concerned?

Alan Moore
Differences, Numbers, Life And Death
"Watchmen". Comic book series by Alan Moore, 1986 - 1987.

I think if you were to sever the connection between arousal and shame, you might actually come up with something liberating and socially useful. It might be healthier for us, and lead to a situation such as they enjoy in Holland, Denmark, or Spain, where they have pornography all over the place - quite hardcore pornography - but they do not have anywhere the incidence of sex crimes.

Alan Moore
Sex, Thinking, Connections
Source: www.avclub.com

In countries like the U.S. and Great Britain, we exist in a wholly sexualized culture, where everything from cars to snack food are sold with a healthy slathering of sex to make them more commercially appealing.

Alan Moore
Country, Sex, Snacks
Source: www.avclub.com

I'm not a very shy person. I'm just somebody who's got a lot of work and who doesn't like to parade himself in new celebrity contexts.

Alan Moore
Shy, Parades, Persons
Interview with Peter Bebergal, believermag.com. June 1, 2013.

I'm a very smug show-off at heart. I'm altogether too pleased with myself. The big boost for me is to be able to turn out something that I think is pretty marvelous, like 'Lost Girls.' I'm not in it for money, I'm just in it for the glory.

Alan Moore
Heart, Thinking, Able
Source: www.avclub.com

I've never really cared much about money. I've got enough to live on. And it's not like I live in a fancy house, it's not like I own a car, and it's not like I ever go on holiday.

Alan Moore
Holiday, Car, House
Source: www.avclub.com

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