“In the U.K. I'm probably better known as a comedy writer - or certainly that's my background is in writing comedy.” Quote by Charlie Brooker
“I think more and more people became aware that social media was starting to feel like a more toxic space. And, I mean - quite a lot of incidents of people getting very, very angry about all kinds of things and attacking people.” PeopleThinkingFeelsKindMeanSocialSpaceMediaAngryStartingSocial MediaAll KindsToxicAttackingIncidents Author:Charlie Brooker
“Most writers or performers walk around with the notion in their head that - a paranoid worry that maybe people don't like them.” PeopleWalksWorryNotionPerformersParanoid Author:Charlie Brooker
“I really don't want to sound like overly negative or critical of the Internet in general because I'm actually really quite pro-technology.” WantSoundTechnologyInternetNegativeCritical 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
“There's something I find very satisfying about a nice ironic twist.” NiceSatisfyingIronicTwists Author:Charlie Brooker
“Technology by default became the thing that was a new thing that had swept in and was altering it everything.” TechnologyNew ThingsDefault Author:Charlie Brooker
“When I was a chain smoker, I used to wake up and the first thing I'd do was reach for a cigarette, basically. And now I do the same thing for a smartphone, basically.” FirstsUsedWake UpChainsCigaretteSmokersSmartphones Author:Charlie Brooker
“I'll just immediately automatically, without even thinking, check my phone. And it feels like the same little bit of my brain is being - the synapses are lighting up when I do that.” ThinkingFeelsLittlesBitsBrainLittle BitPhonesChecksLightingSynapses Author:Charlie Brooker
“I think people are starting to look away and questioning, and they're sort of horrified.” PeopleThinkingLooksStartingQuestioning Author:Charlie Brooker