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

River Song? Amy Pond? Hardly weak women. It's the exact opposite. You could accuse me of having a fetish for powerful, sexy women who like cheating people. That would be fair.

See the bowtie? I wear it and I don't care. That's why it's cool.

We have a plan to top it. And I do think our plan is devastating. We’ve practically reduced our cast to tears telling them the plan … we’re probably more excited that we’ve ever been about Sherlock.

There's one thing you don't put in a trap, if you're smart, if you value your continued existance, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there is one thing you never ever put in a trap. And what would that be sir? Me

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

There's something really cool about scaring children. Traumatize a generation, that's what it's all about.