Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which is a pity because this week the National Association of Beholders wrote to tell me that I've got a face like a rucksack full of dented bells.
Charlie BrookerIn comedy writing, a sitcom plot is basically the same thing: What's the worst thing that could happen? But you're playing it for comic effect. It's a similar muscle being used with Black Mirror.
Charlie BrookerThe logic for me, in writing it is that the different areas or different years are almost like different rooms.
Charlie BrookerOne of the benefits of aligning yourself with an indistinct cluster of people is that claiming to feel their pain is often enough.
Charlie BrookerI'm trying to think overall. Some of our stories [Black Mirror], I think you're right in that they don't tend to have a message.
Charlie BrookerThings like social media and the Internet, of course, it's not going away. There is no cure for it. And this shouldn't be just like there shouldn't be, you know - it would have been a tragedy if there was a cure for the printing press. I think it's just that it's an amazing tool that we as a - as an animal are just getting to grips with because it's like we've grown a new ultra powerful limb and we're learning how to use it.
Charlie Brooker