Steven Moffat Quotes

I can say with pride verging on smugness that I've got two very successful shows that assume their audience is very smart.
Steven Moffat

Smart, Successful, Two

Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.
Steven Moffat

Writing, Find, Often

Being the only writer on a successful show is very rewarding.
Steven Moffat

Successful, Show, Writer

Brainy's the new sexy.
Steven Moffat

Cinema is so slow and boring compared to television.
Steven Moffat

Boring, Television, Cinema

Fascinatingly confident, rude people are great.
Steven Moffat

Great, Rude, Confident

I always tend to favor the newer idea.
Steven Moffat

Idea, Favor, Tend

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

Bad, Wrong, Audience

I don't want to think that the stories are finite; I want to feel that they can go on forever.
Steven Moffat

Forever, Stories, Finite

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

Hope, Become, Books

I never go online. The Internet stuff is bonkers. You must not look at it.
Steven Moffat

Stuff, Internet, Online

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

History, Powerful, Writing

I write the kind of stuff I'd like to watch.
Steven Moffat

Write, Stuff, Watch

I'm a geek.
Steven Moffat

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

Said, Anyone, Office

If you don't expect to like someone and then you do, that's an incredibly exciting moment.
Steven Moffat

Someone, Moment, Expect

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.
Steven Moffat

Men, Experience, Pretty

Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.
Steven Moffat

Write, Research, Happened

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

Great, Making, Priorities

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.
Steven Moffat

Nothing, Saying, Boring

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

Failure, Between, Playing

To me, a 'brand' sounds evil.
Steven Moffat

Evil, Sounds, Brand

Well, I'm permitted to say anything I like. I just don't.
Steven Moffat

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

Business, Stupid

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?
Steven Moffat

Love, Money, Power

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Writer

Born: November 18, 1961

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