I think training in comedy, as it were, a history writing comedy, is a powerful tool for anyone.

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.

Demons run when a good man goes to war.

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

Feeling grateful to breathe a new day. Gratitude is a way to submit to the flow of life.

Why can't Spider-sense warn you when you're about to get dumped?

I am faced with a bruising dilemma: pay to fix the dishwasher or continue serving everything in waffle cones.

I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families.

I go to a club to relax and hear the music on a big sound system. I don't go to pull a guy.

Distractions have never prevented a Writing Writer Who Writes from writing; distractions are an excuse proffered by Non-Writing Non-Writers Who are Not-Writing for why they are not writing.

We are all salesman regardless of our calling. But not all of us are Master Salesmen.

I've always had to prove myself to people growing up. I had to show them that I could do this and I could do that and paying no mind to what the critics said.

Art has to be severe. It cannot be commercial. It cannot be for the producer or even for the public. It has to be for oneself.

A situation in a public office is secure, but laborious and mechanical, and without the great springs of life, hope and fear.