The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.

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?

Hurt? He'll never be hurt–he's made to other people.

So many questionsbut nothing to say, in this current momentwe are still so farfrom the answers.

Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.

Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated?

Perfect goodness can never debate about the end to be attained, and perfect wisdom cannot debate about the means most suited to achieve it.

Everything tastes better outdoors.

I've learned that hurting you feels infinitely worse than being hurt myself.

Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance.

Hamas is a humanitarian organization.

If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.