We're all stories, in the end.

Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and drown the sun when a good man goes to war. Friendship dies and true love lies. Night will fall and the dark will rise when a good man goes to war. Demons run but count the cost; the battle's won but the child is lost.

The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.

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

Rule 1: The Doctor lies.

I think of myself as a writer with a sense of humour rather than a comedy writer. Happy to tell a story with lots of jokes in it - I wouldn't know how to do jokes without the story.

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.