Quotes by Steven Moffat

About Steven Moffat:

Steven William Moffat is a Scottish television writer and producer, known for his work as showrunner, writer and producer of the British television series Doctor Who and Sherlock.
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You should always waste time when you don't have any. Time is not the boss of you. Rule 408.

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Rule 1: The Doctor lies.

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You don't want to take over the universe. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it.

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Hitler: Thank you, whoever you are. I think you just saved my life. The Doctor: Believe me... It was an accident.

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The Doctor: Just had a fall. All the way down there, right to the library. Heck of a climb back up. Amelia: You're soaking wet. The Doctor: I was in the swimming pool. Amelia: You said you were in the library. The Doctor: So was the swimming pool.

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Never knowingly be serious. Rule 27.

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Never run when you're scared. Rule 7.

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

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Amy: I never knew you drank wine. Doctor: I'm 1103 I must have drunk it sometime in my life. *takes sip and spits it out in disgust*

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It's a funny thing about stories. It doesn't feel like you make them up, more like you find them. You type and type and you know you haven't got it yet, because somewhere out there, there's that perfect thing -- the unexpected ending that was always ...

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River Song: Right then. I have questions, but number one is this - what in the name of sanity have you got on your head? The Doctor: It's a fez. I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.

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So is this how it works Doctor? You never interfere with the affairs of other peoples or planets, unless there are children crying?

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The Doctor: It's my nose; it has special powers. Nancy: Yeah? That why it's so...? The Doctor: What? Nancy: Nothing. The Doctor: What? Nancy: Nothing. Do your ears have special powers too?

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Amy: I had something I wanted to tell him. Stuff always gets in the way. Canton: Stuff does that.

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I'd forgotten not all victories are about saving the universe.

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This was supposed to be yesterday. I was sitting on the Cardiff/London train, supposedly about to write this very column, and realising something quite terrible. My head was entirely empty. A vast echoing void. Bigger on the inside, but with nothing ...

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Young Reinette: Monsieur, be careful! The Doctor: It's just a nightmare, Reinette, don't worry, everyone has nightmares. Even monsters under the bed have nightmares! Young Reinette: What do monsters have nightmares about? The Doctor: Me!

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Don't play games with me! You just killed someone I like, that is not a safe place to stand! I'm the Doctor, and you're in the biggest library in the Universe. Look me up.

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I don't know. I can't tell the future I just work there.

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Kathy Nightingale: What's good about sad? Sally Sparrow: It's happy for deep people.

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The Doctor: Dr. Song, you’ve got that face on again. River: What face? The Doctor: The ‘he’s hot when he’s clever’ face. River: This is my normal face. The Doctor: Yes, it is.

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Author Bio

  • NameSteven Moffat
  • DescriptionScottish television writer and producer
  • BornNovember 18, 1961
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionScreenwriter
  • WorksStrax
  • AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award