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

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

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

I think training in comedy, as it were, a history writing comedy, is a powerful tool for anyone.

Well we've moved through the funfair a bit – we've done the rollercoaster, now we're on the ghost train.

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

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.