Alan Moore Quotes

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer.

A lot of people ask me, 'Are you born a writer?' And I don't think it's necessarily true. I just think what you either have or you don't is this ability to see something that's complex and worth talking about.

Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.

When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.

Humans are very complex; I definitely have a new respect for authors that are able to write books nonstop. It's an incredible talent.

I'm inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion of mine. I enjoy it. I'm good at it.

There's a mystery to writing, and you don't really know where most of it comes from.

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become good at the art of something. And writing was very private.

It is my desire to be a great writer. I know that I still have a mountain to climb to achieve that.

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

Writing is writing. It's an abiding, wonderful talent, craft, gift that stays with you your whole life. And you can go in different forms, and you can try them. Look at me: I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it.

Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.

My job is to put words together and tell a story. If that doesn't work for you, it's not a war crime.

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

I always wrote from a very young age, literally from the time I learned how to read and write.

Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff.

I'm finding writing very fascinating.

You can't teach somebody how to be a good writer.

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.

I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.

The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.

I've always been a writer.

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me.

I write poetry anyway and have for years and years. For me, putting fiction and poetry together is like the best of both worlds.

To be a writer, you need to like spending a lot of time by yourself in the company of imaginary people.