Taboo' certainly isn't a commentary on other types of period drama. It's just a different way of tackling one. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
The plan is that there would be three seasons [in Taboo], and, as with Peaky Blinders, I have had a destination in… — 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
When Brad [Pitt] responded [to Allied], suddenly what was impossible became possible, which was great. But along the way, whenever I told… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's lots of different ways of writing stuff and lots of different mindsets to have, but I think when it's your own… — 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… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Locke' is a different way of making a film as well as being a different sort of film. — 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
There [in Allied] was depicting London in the war, as well, and doing that in a way where you see something that… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
When you're watching, I find two things happen. You either watch a film and it's really good and then you think, "Why… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“The plan is that there would be three seasons [in Taboo], and, as with Peaky Blinders, I have had a destination in mind from the beginning, because I think it helps as a writer. The destination in mind is that James Keziah Delaney sets foot on Nootka Sound. But that's a long way off.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e11/steven-knight-2205_blinders_the-plan-is-that-there-would-be-three-se_1450016.jpg)
![“When Brad [Pitt] responded [to Allied], suddenly what was impossible became possible, which was great. But along the way, whenever I told the story, it had an affect on people. At its core, this was an effective story.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bed/steven-knight-2205_brad_when-brad-pitt-responded-to-allied-sudde_589762.jpg)
![“There [in Allied] was depicting London in the war, as well, and doing that in a way where you see something that you don't normally see, which is how hedonistic it was. In reality, that's what was going on. But, all of it worked.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/540/steven-knight-2205_hedonistic_there-in-allied-was-depicting-london-in_2506111.jpg)
![“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 was a fan. It struck a chord with various people that I didn't think it would.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/026/steven-knight-2205_blinders_i-ve-spent-three-hours-with-snoop-dogg-t_379922.jpg)
