“If love were a product, the queue at the faulty goods desk would stretch right round the universe and back. It doesn't work properly. The seams come apart and it's full of powdered glass.” IfsUniverseProductsRoundsGlassesGoodsDesksQueues Author:Charlie Brooker
“Seriously, if I switched on the TV and they were showing live footage of an army of fire-breathing pterodactyls machine-gunning people to death on the streets of London right outside my door, I'd be horrified, but not entirely surprised, nor any more scared than I already am. I'd probably just shrug and wait for them to smash the door down. We're so screwed, I don't even know what to worry about first.” PeopleIfsKnowsFirstsWaitingWorryFireDoorsStreetsTvsMachinesArmyScaredLondonBreathing Author:Charlie Brooker
“I'm a worrier. In the UK, if I'm known for anything, it's sort of for being cynical.” IfsKnownCynical Author:Charlie Brooker
“Often the ideas in the show start out as ideas that make you laugh - outrageous "what if" ideas. I wanted an outlet for doing those.” IfsIdeasShowsWantedLaughingWhat IfOutletsOutrageousMake You Laugh Author:Charlie Brooker
“Our four-year-old, like a lot of kids, you introduce him to an iPad and he quite quickly gets drawn in in a way that you're like, "Wow, I've got to stage an intervention here." He picked up on gaming terminology really quickly. If you say, "Keep practicing holding a pencil and see if you can draw a letter, the alphabet," he understands that if you do that you've unlocked Level Two.” IfsWayYearsTwoKidsLevelsFourStageDrawsLettersWowFour YearsIntroducingPencilsInterventionAlphabetGamingIpadsTerminology Author:Charlie Brooker
“As long as we've still got crazy "what if" ideas, we can continue [Black Mirror]. It's outpacing reality that's probably the challenge.” IfsLongStillsIdeasRealityBlackChallengesCrazyMirrorsWhat If Author:Charlie Brooker
“I could worry that I'm going to bleed to death, you know, from cutting my finger on a sandwich packet, you know, if I sort of open a sandwich.” IfsKnowsWorryCuttingFingersSandwiches Author:Charlie Brooker
“Things like social media and the Internet, of course, it's not going away. There is no cure for it. And this shouldn't be just like there shouldn't be, you know - it would have been a tragedy if there was a cure for the printing press. I think it's just that it's an amazing tool that we as a - as an animal are just getting to grips with because it's like we've grown a new ultra powerful limb and we're learning how to use it.” IfsThinkingKnowsHas BeensUseCoursesSocialAnimalPowerfulMediaInternetToolsTragedyPressesSocial MediaCuresGoing AwayBe YouLimbsPrintingPrinting PressUltras Author:Charlie Brooker
“Generally I know that we've hit on a good idea if there's a moment where I'm going "HA HA HA!" because that's usually my starting point, me laughing.” IfsKnowsIdeasMomentsLaughingStartingGood IdeasStarting Point Author:Charlie Brooker
“I'm not some anti-technology person. I think it's often how people would assume that if they don't know me.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsPersonsTechnologyAssumingKnow Me Author:Charlie Brooker
“"Proper work" usually involves performing a task you hate on behalf of people you'd gleefully club to death with a bull's knee if only it were legal to do so.” PeopleIfsHateTasksClubsKneesPerformingBehalfBulls Author:Charlie Brooker
“If technology is a drug – and it does feel like a drug – then what, precisely, are the side-effects?” IfsFeelsDoeSidesTechnologyEffectsDrugSide Effects Author:Charlie Brooker
