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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Clara Oswald: This is just a dream, but very clever people can hear dreams. So please, just listen. I know you're afraid, but being afraid is all right, because didn't anybody ever tell you fear is a superpower? Fear can make you faster and cleverer ...

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I think that's the way people absorb television. All the explanations in are there if that's your bag, but they're not essential to your enjoyment of it. An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand — it's about making p...

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My problem is that the audience is more fiction-literate than ever. In Shakespeare's day, you probably expected to see a play once or twice in your life; today you experience four or five different kinds of fiction every day. So staying ahead of the ...

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If you take most men aside when their wives are pregnant, most men are pretty frightened and worried and faintly disgusted by the whole experience.

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

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You'll go out of business if you think people are stupid.

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I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like t...

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I hope I won't become hated by geeks everywhere, but I don't really know comic books all that well.

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

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Fascinatingly confident, rude people are great.

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My priorities are where they should be, which is making really great, really exciting television.

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The way you get your script to the right people is that you put it in an envelope. It's easy. The difficult bit is writing something that is so good people will take a punt on a brand new writer.

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I can't see what's wrong about assuming intelligence in your audience and what's bad news about being rewarded for assuming that.

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I absolutely love television, and I don't mean to be vulgar, but as I keep having to explain to people from the movie industry, I get more power and more money doing television, so why on earth would I do a film?

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When writing comedy, you have to have the confidence to believe that there is only one type of relationship in the world, and we are all having it, that all men behave in the same way and so do all women.

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I was called a misogynist because I was reducing women to mothers. 'Reducing women to mothers' - now there is possibly the most anti-women statement I've heard.

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Author Bio

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