Steven Moffat (Steven William Moffat) Quotes
Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.
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When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.
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The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
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You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes to a British man, they may remember that you showed up, knew your lines and were good. And maybe they'll call you in for something else.
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I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.
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Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.
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I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew.
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'House of Cards' opened some doors. I've been able to tackle some diverse stories and characters.
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I remember I did a boxing class. I remember sparring one time, and the guy smacked me right in the nose, and I was just like, 'What is this? No. No. None of that.
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New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.
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I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.
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I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.
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Anything that consoles is fake.
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Assad owes his continuation in power to the intervention of Russia in 2015 to prop up his regime.
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I am interested in people. I'm interested in telling stories, whether that is behind the camera or in front of the camera.
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We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid.
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I go through my day remembering things like telephone cords.
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I'm a bit of a groupie.
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I find that when I play reality-based characters, it is only as fun for me if I have a lot of time to do research. If I don't it just isn't exciting but if I do, it can be fun because I can learn about that person and the world that they live in and I can become somebody else.
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Misery is a communicable disease.
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Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot be addressed in isolation.
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A decade in advertising exposed me to plenty of schemers and backstabbers. But honestly, advertising is wonderful training for fiction. Writing novels is much easier if you've ever tried to write a billboard.
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In teaching writing, I'm learning new things about writing.
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Either philosophy reinforces communal beliefs, in which case it is pointless; or else it is at odds with those beliefs, in which case it is dangerous.
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Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.
