Cinema is so slow and boring compared to television.

The Doctor: I've seen bigger. Clara: Really? The Doctor: Are you joking? It's massive!

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

See the bowtie? I wear it and I don't care. That's why it's cool.

There's something that doesn't make sense. Let's go and poke it with a stick.

I'll be a story in your head. But that's OK. We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? Because it was, you know; it was the best.

I can't see what's wrong about assuming intelligence in your audience and what's bad news about being rewarded for assuming that.

You don’t just give up. You don’t just let things happen. You make a stand! You say no! You have the guts to do what’s right, even when everyone else just runs away.

An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand - it's about making people care.

Demons run when a good man goes to war.

What's the point of being a grown-up if you don't get to be immature?

There are pearls in the deepest fathoms of the Self, but to get them you will have to go through unimaginable perils.

Latent brain functions can be enabled by force majeure when we are facing the weirdness of an unknown reality.

I am not plain, or average or - God forbid - vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top.

Observing stupidity in others is a sure sign of stupidity in the observer.

My idea of a good work-out is two hours spent worrying about the bags under my eyes.

Molecular genetics, our latest wonder, has taught us to spell out the connectivity of the tree of life in such palpable detail that we may say in plain words, "This riddle of life has been solved."

The Germans will make a few scattered attacks, then go away. The Romans will enjoy a fine September.

I wouldn't doubt it if the CIA is behind Alcoholics Anonymous.

Anything that is in space has form. Space itself has form. Either you are in space, or space is in you. The soul is beyond all space. Space is in the soul, not the soul in space.

I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.