Steven Knight Quotes

The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps.

The new frontier is here whether we seek it or not.

My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright with possibilities, or retreat to the safety of our familiar but sterile past? I am for crossing the frontier.

With innovation, there is always risk.

It's always good to have a world that people don't know about - a world that hasn't yet been done. It's like treading on fresh snow. You're the first one there.

Risk is an essential part of progress.

Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Everything I do now is a first.

Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change - who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.

Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!

The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.

I don't rule out anything in my future.

There is more openness in LA to possibilities than on the East Coast of America. There is a pioneering spirit there that stems from the reason people went out there in the first place-to find something new.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

Uncharted territory is a good place to be in.

We are always in a state of flux, and taking risks is important.

It's not just exciting to build things but to explore new fields and to recognize what comes with that is a lot of uncertainty.

Wherever there is change, and wherever there is uncertainty, there is opportunity!

True, trust necessarily carries with it uncertainties, but we must force ourselves to think about these uncertainties as possibilities and opportunities, not as liabilities.

To new beginnings. To the pursuit of...somethingness.