Paul Cornell

“Black Knight: "I'm impressed. You even mended the t-shirt." Faiza: "Mate, you're with the NHS now.”

— Paul Cornell

“You hear stories like that all your life and think: cool, a ghost bus. But now we have to look at this…

— Paul Cornell

He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient…

— Paul Cornell

But the Fear (that sensation that all writers get of how the hell do words get from my puny little brain to…

— Paul Cornell

I don't think [Russell T Davies] sits up at night worrying about canonicity, except for the times when I'm pretty sure he…

— Paul Cornell

“You with the tentacles, you're nicked!”

— Paul Cornell

“John the Skrull: (as Merlyn) "Here, listen. It's me, Merlyn, the magic man. There's no need for all this conflict, like. I…

— Paul Cornell

“The neighbors... hadn't, thankfully, done the usual by saying that Losley was a pleasant neighbor who'd kept herself to herself. (Always delivered…

— Paul Cornell

“In this place, upwards of 400,000 British men were going to be killed. They'd lost 20,000 just the other day. He sucked…

— Paul Cornell

“Tara: So what does "Captain Britain's agent" actually do? Wisdom: Between you and me, Tara, it's work, work, work. I'm in charge…

— Paul Cornell

Rumpty!" he muttered, which was very rude if you were one of the few people in the universe who understood what it…

— Paul Cornell

“Captain Midlands: "I met the real you once." John (Lennon) the Skrull: "You're meeting the real me now." Captain Midlands: "I told…

— Paul Cornell

“Only fools and criminals didn't know why they did things.”

— Paul Cornell

“John the Skrull: You say you've taken magic? Well all right, lads, all right. I could do the "Spartacus" thing, change into…

— Paul Cornell

When Captain America died, Americans heard it in an American way: through the media. When Captain Britain died, the British felt it…

— Paul Cornell

To get to Earth from the edge of the solar system, depending on the time of year and the position of the…

— Paul Cornell

“(The Skrull Beatles discuss their future.) "So when this is all over, are we still gonna be the Skrull Beatles then?" "I…

— Paul Cornell

“Stories are about endings,’ he’d said. ‘They don’t mean anything unless they come to an end.”

— Paul Cornell

“To Londoners, bombs and riots were just an extreme form of weather.”

— Paul Cornell

John: I'm experiencing an odd sensation. I think it might be patriotism. Spitfire: Steady. Too much of that can damage your health.

— Paul Cornell

“(On Captain Britain) "Every British person thinks he's got the same accent as them. The air around him is warm like a…

— Paul Cornell

John Smith: Mankind doesn't need warfare and bloodshed to prove itself. Everyday life can provide honour and valour. Let's hope that from…

— Paul Cornell

“Big construction companies, making millions on underground developments such as this, had initially gone to the bother of bringing in cranes to…

— Paul Cornell

“Wisdom: "Oh, fantastic. We've got an army made up of fairies and Beatles, and we're fighting H. G. Wells' martians and bloody…

— Paul Cornell

“Hell is where time has stopped, where there’s no more innovation. No horizon. No change. I sometimes think Hell would suit the…

— Paul Cornell