Demons run when a good man goes to war.

The Doctor: I've seen bigger. Clara: Really? The Doctor: Are you joking? It's massive!

There's something really cool about scaring children. Traumatize a generation, that's what it's all about.

See the bowtie? I wear it and I don't care. That's why it's cool.

There's something that doesn't make sense. Let's go and poke it with a stick.

I'll be a story in your head. But that's OK. We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? Because it was, you know; it was the best.

I can't see what's wrong about assuming intelligence in your audience and what's bad news about being rewarded for assuming that.

You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away.

An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand - it's about making people care.

What's the point of being a grown-up if you don't get to be immature?

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.

The beauty of the universe consists not only of unity in variety, but also of variety in unity.

Failure is only an experience. We learn from trials and errors.

If you can love at all odds you are gifted.

The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.

Mischief and malice grow on the same branch of the tree of evil.

A good photographer can make you look incredible, even when you're not feeling very sexy.

In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.

My vocation to preach on paper.

When I discovered that I could write music, it felt like the most natural way for me to connect with people and tell my stories. I've always thought of that as what I do: I tell stories.

I use to think all road racers were nuts. You know racing around a track at that speed.