I love having debates with people when they are debates but some people, you just can't. Some people shouldn't be given the oxygen.

You are worthy of love and respect. You are beautiful, gifted, and intelligent. Don't let the storm make you forget it.

Wilf: God bless the cactuses! The Doctor: That's cactI. Alien: And that's racist!

I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.

Anything works, as long as you write it properly.

There's nothing better than a party that turns into a death trap.

Doctor Who: You want weapons? We're in a library. Books are the best weapon in the world. This room's the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm yourself! (from Tooth and Claw in Season 2)

There's one tiny little gap in the universe left, just about to close. And it takes a lot of power to send this projection. I'm in orbit around a supernova. I'm burning up a sun just to say good bye.

I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself. I take the words. I scatter them... in time, and space. A message to lead myself here.

I saw the Fall of Troy! World War Five! I was pushing boxes at the Boston Tea Party! Now I'm gonna die in a dungeon.... [disgustedly] in Cardiff!

I hate the idea that I have to represent any particular section of society; I just write good telly, that's all.

Though my mental illness is more likened to a big, nasty green monster than something heart-wrenchingly beautiful, I think I have learned many wonderful lessons from my many afflictions.

Life is all about the choices we didn't make

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person.

When we develop reverence for food and the miracle of transformation inherent in it, just the simple act of eating creates a ritual of celebration.

I can survive setbacks, I've survived a lot of setbacks in my life. I don't see them as anything other than the natural ebb and flow of life and politics.

A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.

The least flexible component of any system is the user.

It is feeling and force of imagination that make us eloquent.

I love women. I love all the bright and attractive people and things of this world, the flame and also the moth, the dancer and the dance.