I like to create a character where you believe, deep down, that they don't really care if they live or die. That's… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
It's good sometimes to have a character that starts as one thing and ends as another, but James Bond, Hercules, these are… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I read more and more and I came across this character, Caroline Weldon. Sometimes in history, you find these people that no… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
You meet people and you hear the way they talk and the way they behave, and that subconsciously gets fed into the… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think once those friendships, if you use that as an analogy, the friendships between the audience and the character is established,… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
What I like about 'Taboo' just in general, even in writing it, you are not certain what the motives are sometimes because… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
It was great fun to do because of the central character. With The Girl in the Spider's Web, the girl is really… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
[The Girl in the Spider's Web] can't be anything other than a sequel, but a couple of books have been skipped, so… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think there is something about a good person doing bad things for what they consider to be a good reason. Then… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think people are drawn to characters that break the rules. I think there is something about a good person doing bad… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I find the best way to make things real is to just put two characters into a space and let them talk… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I wanted to take a damaged individual in a damaged society with damaged relationships between nations and take a look at how… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in characters who are closed down, but who open up when they choose to, rather than when they're obliged… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
With any period piece I think the thing to do is forget that it's not contemporary when you're writing and to have… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think it's always good not to listen to what the rules are supposed to be about the arc of the character… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
With TV, your structure is determined by the series not the episode. You can have incident without consequence to the character, but… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do [in Allied] was get two characters who fall in love for real, across the barricade, and then… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
A funny thing about film is that it's the only medium where people say there are really rules that you have to… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's a convention in English stuff that if something is more than 100 years old, people have to say 'do not' instead of 'don't.… — Steven Knight Copy Share
There's lots of different ways of writing stuff and lots of different mindsets to have, but I think when it's your own creation, it's… — Steven Knight Copy Share
It's such a gift when you know who you're writing for and you know that that actor is capable of so much that you… — Steven Knight Copy Share
There's no writers room, or any other writer involved. I write everything from beginning to end. Maybe it's just me not being able to… — Steven Knight Copy Share
I've realized that the only thing I'm interested in is the performance. If the performance is right, then I'm happy. You offer up the… — Steven Knight Copy Share
“It seems to me, that if there is a bad taste in your mouth, you spit it out. You don't constantly swallow it back.” — Steven Knight Copy Share
With FX in particular, they've been fantastic and were really hands off. I mean, it helps that you've got Ridley Scott on your side. — Steven Knight Copy Share
I often find in the film world, that it's very self-referring. If you talk to someone about films, they talk about them in terms… — Steven Knight Copy Share
Whenever I went to L.A. the first thing people said in the meeting, no matter what it was about, was how much they loved… — Steven Knight Copy Share
I've spent three hours with Snoop Dogg, talking about how he loved [Peaky Blinders series]. And David Bowie loved it. The late Leonard Cohen… — Steven Knight Copy Share
I think the best research is people you meet and things that they say, rather than second hand accounts of something. I think when… — Steven Knight Copy Share
Writing, when it works, one needs to access whatever it is that creates dreams. — Steven Knight Copy Share
Making a film is hard because you're not dealing with the intangible. When you're writing, it's perfect because it's only in your head and… — Steven Knight Copy Share
There's a grown-upness about television now that wasn't there before. You do know you're doing stuff for adults who can tell the difference between… — Steven Knight Copy Share
![“[The Girl in the Spider's Web] can't be anything other than a sequel, but a couple of books have been skipped, so it is different, in that sense. It's really taking a very strong central character and thinking, how do you execute this? It's quite different.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b43/steven-knight-2205_book_the-girl-in-the-spider-s-web-can-t-be-an_1257130.jpg)
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