“And hence the poet must seek to be essentially anonymous, He must die a little death each morning, He must swallow his toad and study his vomit as Baudelaire studied la charogne of Jeanne Duval.” LittlesPoetryDiesMorningStudyPoetToadsBaudelaire Book:Last & Lost Poems Source: Last & Lost Poems
“My problem is that the audience is more fiction-literate than ever. In Shakespeare's day, you probably expected to see a play once or twice in your life; today you experience four or five different kinds of fiction every day. So staying ahead of the audience is impossible.” KindDifferentPlayProblemTodayFictionAudienceFiveFourImpossibleExpectedStayingDifferent Kinds Author:Steven Moffat
“The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.” MadeDifferences Author:Steven Moffat
“I know this is going to sound very self-serving, and I apologize for it, but if you can write comedy, you can pretty much write anything, because it's the hardest. It's the most technically demanding, the most precisely evaluated form of writing. People know if it works or not. There's a big button marked 'fail,' and that's when nobody laughs.” PeopleIfsKnowsWritingSelfBigsFormSoundLaughingComedyFailingHardestServingButtonsApologizingSelf ServingI Apologize Author:Steven Moffat
“I go four- wheeling in my truck. I also like to fish, cook, do stuff around my house. I even studied fencing for awhile.” HouseStuffFourFishesCooksTruckFencingWheeling Author:Luke Perry