Steven Moffat

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.

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

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 that, I suppose.

Brainy's the new sexy.

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

Cinema is so slow and boring compared to television.

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

Fascinatingly confident, rude people are great.

I'm a geek.

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?

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.

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.