Steven Moffat Quotes

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• We have a plan to top it. And I do think our plan is devastating. We’ve practically reduced our cast to tears telling them the plan … we’re probably more excited that we’ve ever been about Sherlock.

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  Thinking, Tears, Excited

  "'Sherlock' producer says season 4 story is 'devastating'" by James Hibberd, www.ew.com. August 25, 2014.

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• Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and drown the sun when a good man goes to war. Friendship dies and true love lies. Night will fall and the dark will rise when a good man goes to war. Demons run but count the cost; the battle's won but the child is lost.

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  Running, Children, War

  "Doctor Who". www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• There's something really cool about scaring children. Traumatize a generation, that's what it's all about.

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  Children, Generations, Really Cool

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• Madness is just what a genius looks like to a tiny mind.

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  Mind, Looks, Genius

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• 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.

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  Running, Giving Up, Just Give Up

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• I like naked women! I'm a bloke! I'm supposed to like them! We're born like that. We like naked women as soon as we're pulled out of one... When Man invented fire, he didn't say "Hey, let's cook!" He said: "Great! Now we can see naked bottoms in the dark!"... The story of male achievement through the ages, feeble though it may have been, has been the story of our struggle to get a better look at your bottoms.

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  Struggle, Dark, Men

  "Coupling". www.imdb.com. 2000-2004.

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• An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand - it's about making people care.

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  People, Care, Awful

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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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  News, Assuming, Audience

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• 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

  Friendship, Falling In Love, War

  "The Ax Interview: Showrunners Steven Moffat And Mark Gatiss On ‘Sherlock’ And ‘Doctor Who’". Interview with Abbie Bernstein, www.assignmentx.com. November 12, 2010.

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• It's a TV show. Only the emotional damage is real.

  Steven Moffat

  Real, Emotional, Tv Shows

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• I find it's bizarre that science fiction is the one branch of television to push the idea of strong female characters. And I only call it bizarre because strong women aren't fiction.

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  Strong Women, Character, Ideas

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• What's the point of being a grown-up if you don't get to be immature?

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  Immature, Ifs

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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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  Boss, Waste, Wasting Time

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• We're all stories, in the end.

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  Stories, Ends, Doctor Who

  "Doctor Who". www.imdb.com. 2005.

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

  Steven Moffat

  Moments, Exciting, Ifs

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• The story of Sherlock Holmes, on the surface, is about detection, but in reality, it's about the best of two men who save each other - a lost, washed-up war hero and a man who could end up committing murders instead of solving them. They come together. They become this perfect unit. They become the best friendship ever, and they become heroes. That's what we fall in love with, not Sherlock on his own. No one can love that man on his own, but Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson - the best friends ever.

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  Falling In Love, War, Hero

  "PBS restarts beloved franchise with 'Sherlock'" by Dave Walker, www.nola.com. October 24, 2010.

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• All lives end. All hearts are broken. Caring is not an advantage.

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  Heart, Caring, Broken

  "Fictional character: Mycroft Holmes". "Sherlock", www.imdb.com. (2010 – ).

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• When man invented fire, he didn't say, "Hey, let's cook." He said, "Great, now we can see naked bottoms in the dark.

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  Dark, Men, Fire

  "Inferno". m.imdb.com. 2000.

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• Never run when you're scared. Rule 7.

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  Running, Scared

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

  Steven Moffat

  Care, I Don't Care, Bow Tie

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• The Doctor: 'You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, but you really think they're lying to make you feel better?' Amelia: 'Yeah...' The Doctor: 'Everything's going to be fine.

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  Lying, Feel Better, Thinking

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• Never knowingly be serious. Rule 27.

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  Serious

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• Always take a banana to a party.

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  Party, Bananas

  "Doctor Who". www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• 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.

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  Stories, Ends, Knows

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

  Steven Moffat

  Differences, Made

  "The Man Who Revitalized 'Doctor Who' And 'Sherlock'". "Fresh Air" with David Bianculli, www.npr.org. May 3, 2012.

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