“My dad's uncles were illegal bookmakers who were known in the area as ...” — Steven Knight Quote

“My dad's uncles were illegal bookmakers who were known in the area as Peaky Blinders, that's the stories I heard.”

“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 find in Britain people are both more arty and more willing to rip you off.”

“I wouldn't want to be a mother that put blinders on and didn't see what was going on with my child. There can be huge consequences to such a thing.”

“The compelling drive to get at the truth is what improves us all as psychologists and is part and parcel of intellectual integrity. But I do urge that we not let the drive for honesty put blinders on us and cut off our range of vision so that we miss the very thing we set out the understand - namely, the living human being.”

“I am a criminal. Coming to terms with this aspect of my identity has helped me to see more clearly - with blinders off - the ways in which I have been encouraged not to feel any connection to 'them,' those labeled criminals. I see now that 'they' are me, and I am them.”