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.

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

Never ignore a coincidence. Unless you're busy, in which case, always ignore a coincidence.

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

What is immutable about Sherlock Holmes? He favors reason over emotion, but actually underneath that, there is a lot of emotion going on. You can't suddenly make him ordinary because he would hate that. He's not suddenly going to be somebody else.

Witty and mean is easy - but fond and funny is hard.

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