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

If you take most men aside when their wives are pregnant, most men are pretty frightened and worried and faintly disgusted by the whole experience.

Well, the world is vastly counted in favour of men at every level - except if you live in a civilised country and you’re sort of educated and middle-class, because then you’re almost certainly junior in your relationship and in a state of permanent, crippled apology. Your preferences are routinely mocked. There’s a huge, unfortunate lack of respect for anything male.

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.

Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very boring.

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

The Doctor: Just had a fall. All the way down there, right to the library. Heck of a climb back up. Amelia: You're soaking wet. The Doctor: I was in the swimming pool. Amelia: You said you were in the library. The Doctor: So was the swimming pool.