Quotes from Steven Knight

Now because the film industry is what it is, if people are expecting a certain film genre and they're not getting it, there are howls of outrage.

I wouldn't put myself in that bracket, but it's one of those things. I think what helps is that we [with Tom Hardey] don't socialize, we don't really know each other, we purely work together.

If I choose to direct something, it's because I don't think it would get accepted.

There's nothing wrong with the classic ways of adapting stuff.

I think it's always good not to listen to what the rules are supposed to be about the arc of the character and the third acts and all this stuff.

A commission and an original are two different things, and both have their virtues and vices. A commission is a bit more collaborative, in that you outline the story that you think should be told, and then you write it. And then, there are notes and you change it, in the conventional studio system.

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 let go of something, especially with 'Peaky.'

Peaky' is the luckiest project I've ever been involved with.