Quotation by

Steven Moffat

When writing comedy, you have to have the confidence to believe that there is only one type of relationship in the world, and we are all having it, that all men behave in the same way and so do all women.

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Steven Moffat is saying that successful comedy about relationships relies on the idea that everyone experiences the same basic kind of relationship, regardless of individual differences. He believes humor comes from treating all men and all women as if they act in predictable, similar ways within these relationships.

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