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?

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.

Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride.

Sometimes is not in the battle field where truth and courage only shows. You can win in any place with the help of your courage.

You must stay away from the one who brings nothing but heartache and death. Do you hear me? He brings nothing but death. Always has.

Daily irradiation of the human body by natural sunlight is an extremely important aspect of human health.

History is the story of events, with praise or blame.

Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.

It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality.

I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast.

I have Margaery Tyrell's - I didn't take it, I was given it - but yes, David [Benioff] and Dan [Weiss] gave me Margaery Tyrell's wedding crown. So that is sitting on my bookshelf.

My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there's never a shortage of critics when it comes to art.