Strikes always leave a bad taste with everyone.

One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing.

I thought The Visitation was good fun. We did some of that filming at Ealing on the big set.

When we went to Belfast we saw some beautiful countryside and coastlines.

I enjoyed showing a bit more leg in the last few stories. It was good fun, but it can be quite sexist. But it doesnt worry me personally all that much.

There are generations who watch Doctor Who together.

Before I got Doctor Who, I went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I went back to take the final grade exam, which is the grade you have to take before you can take the teachers diploma.

I love photography. My boyfriend's got a great camera, which I bought for his birthday.

I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition.

I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant.

The cybermen are good monsters, I think. My earliest memories are of the cybermen from when I used to watch when I was younger. It's nice to have them back.

You have to shelf your excitement and be realistic about your internal and external strengths and weaknesses. (p.70)

[…] God gives grace for the situation, not the imagination.

I have come to the conclusion that the internet claims that fecal matter is in every part of the human body.

I'm basically an Upper West Side Jewish writer.

If devils exist, their first aim is to give you an anesthetic -- to put you off your guard. Only if that fails, do you become aware of them.

I do not need help destroying my relationship. I was raised by my father. I've completed a thirty-year seminar on the power of destroying relationships.

I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear.

Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

What is the difference between God and Bono? God doesn't wander down Grafton Street thinking he's Bono.

Things musicals taught me: All your problems will go away if you sing about it.