30 Quotes by Nigel Kneale

I always put humour into my stories because if you construct a horrific scene of some kind you have to balance that with an equal quantity of humour.

I like inventing stories. Very often it's exciting to write about an imaginary future based on trends, you work out what things could wind up as.

I prefer doing original scripts because I totally control the story - it's all mine. Films don't work like that but television does.

What can there be concerning outer space but ignorance?

I don’t judge other people’s work and I don’t see enough of it either.

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you’re just playing about.

Big Brother sounded like a silly stunt and that’s what it is.

I’m in my 80s and not a keen television fan.

I wanted to write a story that demanded the viewer’s attention.