“The stronger a brand’s point of view, the greater its voltage.”

Sci-fi is very much an American genre. Space and the exploration of space is something so closely associated with America.

I’m not into politics. I’m into survival.

I’m not from a particularly sci-fi background. I’m not anti sci-fi at all, but I’ve never been known as a sci-fi writer and, suddenly, I was creating a flagship BBC sci-fi show, which is terrifying sometimes.

The best content is the means, not the end.

I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I’d always wanted to be a writer, but never thought that I would be one.

Just because there’s a trillion places to put an idea doesn’t mean you don’t need an idea in the first place

I wrote about the life of a housing officer in Britain, in a pretty rough area of London. Maybe it was because I’m a big-mouth and an exhibitionist, and I’m slightly egotistical. All those things have to come together for a writer.

The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.

Write every day. Writing is a muscle that gets stronger with use.

The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems.

Having a dream, living that dream, losing that dream, dreaming again and then having that dream come true again is one of the greatest feelings ever because I`m stronger.

Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.

Diversity has got to be a part of modern feminism, and I think that my feminism is stronger because its an inclusive thing. I won’t be backed into a corner that polarizes me against other women. And I wished they wouldn’t be either.

If you try every day, then, you’re much stronger than you think.

Imperceptibly the love of these discords grew upon me as my love of music grew stronger.