It's not for me to share the meanings of others. I am only in charge of my own.

- 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 now on this…

- Paul Cornell

He'd actually done it! He leaned back into the microphone and whispered to the now silent cave: 'Come to the Cabaret!

- 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

But the Fear (that sensation that all writers get of how the hell do words get from my puny little brain to into a book, and isn't magic somehow invo…

- Paul Cornell

Distance is always helpful, and the fact that I'm a U.S. politics junkie helps a lot.

- 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 does.

- Paul Cornell

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

- Paul Cornell

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

- Paul Cornell