Amy: I had something I wanted to tell him. Stuff always gets in the way. Canton: Stuff does that. Steven Moffat More Quotes by Steven Moffat More Quotes From Steven Moffat You take this cold, remarkable, difficult, dangerous, borderline psychopath man, and you wonder what might have happened to him had he not met his best friend, a friend that no one would have put him with, this solid, dependable, brave, big-hearted war hero. I think people fall in love, not with Sherlock Holmes or Dr. Watson, but with their friendship. I think it is the most famous friendship in fiction, without a doubt. Steven Moffat falling-in-love friendship war Amy: "Can I come?" Doctor: "Not safe in here, not yet. Five minutes. Give me five minutes and I'll be right back." Amy: "People always say that." Doctor: "Am I people?...Do I even look like people?...Trust me, I'm the Doctor. Steven Moffat doctors giving people Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research. Steven Moffat minimum research writing 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! Steven Moffat doctors bed worry I'd forgotten not all victories are about saving the universe. Steven Moffat saving victory forgotten I don't know. I can't tell the future I just work there. Steven Moffat i-can knows The Doctor: I've seen bigger. Clara: Really? The Doctor: Are you joking? It's massive! Steven Moffat clara doctors bigger Think you've seen it all? Think again. Outside those doors, we might see anything. We could find new worlds, terrifying monsters, impossible things. And if you come with me... nothing will ever be the same again! Steven Moffat impossible-things doors thinking Madge: I don't know why I keep shouting at them. The Doctor: Because every time you see them happy you remember how sad they're going to be. And it breaks your heart. Because what's the point in them being happy now if they're going to be sad later. The answer is, of course, because they are going to be sad later. ~ The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe Steven Moffat widows doctors heart Always take a banana to a party. Steven Moffat bananas party You have to take your own bold approach, and if you do you will be rewarded with success. Or calamitous failure. That can happen too. Steven Moffat approach ifs happens I stole your childhood and now I’ve led you by the hand to your death. But the worst thing is, I knew. I knew this would happen. This is what always happens. Forget your faith in me. I took you with me because I was vain. Because I wanted to be adored. Look at you. Glorious Pond, the girl who waited for me. I’m not a hero. I really am just a mad man in a box. And it’s time we saw each other as we really are. Amy Williams, it’s time to stop waiting. Steven Moffat girl hero men 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 audience is impossible. Steven Moffat different play fiction To me, a 'brand' sounds evil. Steven Moffat brands evil sound People don't really have a relationship with great writing or great production or great art direction or great direction. They just sort of admire it. Steven Moffat writing people art The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it's the enemy of comedy. It's the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up. Steven Moffat suspense comedy enemy 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. Steven Moffat writing men believe Amy Pond: 'I thought... well, I started to think you were just a madman with a box.' The Doctor: 'Amy Pond, there's something you better understand about me, 'cause it's important and one day your life may depend on it. [He Smiles] I am definitely a madman with a box. Steven Moffat doctors important thinking When you're surrounded by friends and exes, there's a whole lot of stuff that starts crawling out. But however serious and traumatic those experiences may be to the participant, to the onlooker they're hilarious. Steven Moffat serious stuff may If anyone said to me 'invent a new monster so we can sell more toys', I'd kick them out of my office. Steven Moffat toys office monsters
