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

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.

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.

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

So is this how it works Doctor? You never interfere with the affairs of other peoples or planets, unless there are children crying?

You can be as beautiful and charming as you'd like, but if you're not terrific at acting, it will mean nothing on the screen.

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