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An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand - it's about making people care.
Steven Moffat
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Steven Moffat
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: November 18
Executive Producer
Science Fiction Writer
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Television Producer
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Steven William Moffat
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If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best.
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It's a funny thing about stories. It doesn't feel like you make them up, more like you find them. You type and type and you know you haven't got it yet, because somewhere out there, there's that perfect thing -- the unexpected ending that was always going to happen. That place you've always been heading for, but never expected to go.
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I'll be a story in your head. That's okay. We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? 'Cause it was, you know. It was the best. The daft old man who stole a magic box and ran away. Did I ever tell you that I stole it? Well I borrowed it. I was always going to take it back.
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It's a fez. I wear a fez now. Fezes are cool.
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You should always waste time when you don't have any. Time is not the boss of you. Rule 408.
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I can say with pride verging on smugness that I've got two very successful shows that assume their audience is very smart.
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Keep this straight in your head: we are not fighting an alien invasion - we're leading a revolution. And today the battle begins.
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Amy: Can I come? Doctor: Not safe in here, not yet. Five minutes. Give me five minutes and I'll be right back. Amy: People always say that. Doctor: Am I people?...Do I even look like people?...Trust me, I'm the Doctor.
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You have to take your own bold approach, and if you do you will be rewarded with success. Or calamitous failure. That can happen too.
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I always rip out the last page of a book. Then it doesn't have to end. I hate endings!
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