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To me, a 'brand' sounds evil. (Steven Moffat)
If anyone said to me 'invent a new monster so we can sell more toys', I'd kick them out of my office. View quote
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The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it's the enemy of comedy. It's the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up. View quote
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I can't see what's wrong about assuming intelligence in your audience and what's bad news about being rewarded for assuming that. View quote
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I never go online. The Internet stuff is bonkers. You must not look at it. View quote
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My priorities are where they should be, which is making really great, really exciting television. View quote
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I think training in comedy, as it were, a history writing comedy, is a powerful tool for anyone. View quote
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Being the only writer on a successful show is very rewarding. View quote
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Everybody knows that everybody dies. But not every day. Not today. Some days are special. Some days are so, so blessed. Some days, nobody dies at all. Now and then, every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair and the Doctor comes to call, everybody lives. View quote
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If you don't expect to like someone and then you do, that's an incredibly exciting moment. View quote
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I can say with pride verging on smugness that I've got two very successful shows that assume their audience is very smart. (Steven Moffat)
Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very boring. View quote
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I hope I won't become hated by geeks everywhere, but I don't really know comic books all that well. View quote
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People don't really have a relationship with great writing or great production or great art direction or great direction. They just sort of admire it. View quote
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You'll go out of business if you think people are stupid. View quote
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When you're surrounded by friends and exes, there's a whole lot of stuff that starts crawling out. But however serious and traumatic those experiences may be to the participant, to the onlooker they're hilarious. View quote
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We saw some amazing actresses for this part. But when Karen came through the door, the game was up - she was funny, clever, gorgeous and sexy. Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it. A generation of little girls will want to be her. And a generation of little boys will want them to be her too. View quote
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First there were the Daleks...And then there was a man who fought them. And then, in time - he died. There are a few, of course, who believe that this man somehow survived, and that one day he will return. For both our sakes, dearest Hannah, we must hope these stories are true. View quote
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