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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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Anything that consoles is fake.
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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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I found for me that my safe place was work. I could control my environment. I became very fastidious and detailed, and wanted things a certain way.
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Bin Laden, who was in his country, attacked and damaged our Pentagon, and killed our soldiers right out here at the Pentagon. But his pentagon no longer exists. It is rubble.
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Money is only a vehicle that provides you with options, and I say there's only one thing that money can't buy - poverty.
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Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.
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Pretty much my whole life, I've been a performer and have loved singing and writing songs in my room for my own ears.
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My belief of book writing is much the same as my belief as to shoemaking. The man who will work the hardest at it, and will work with the most honest purpose, will work the best.
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For most couples, the first event they plan together is their wedding.
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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.
