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There was this other apocalypse this one time. And, well, I took off. But this time, I don't ... I don't know." "Well, what's different?" "Well, I guess I was kinda new to being around humans before. And now I've seen a lot more, gotten to know people, seen what they're capable of and I guess I just realize how amazingly ... screwed up they all are. I mean, really, really screwed up in a monumental fashion." "Oh." "And they have no purpose that unites them, so they just drift around, blundering through life until they die. Which they-they know is coming, yet every single one of them is surprised when it happens to them. They're incapable of thinking about what they want beyond the moment. They kill each other, which is clearly insane, and yet, here's the thing. When it's something that really matters, they fight. I mean, they're lame morons for fighting. But they do. They never ... They never quit. And so I guess I will keep fighting, too. By Joss Whedon Guess Time Apocalypse Screwed Fighting

I'm more intrigued by things that I haven't really conceived of yet. I have the luxury of being able to think: "I've never done a ballet or an animated film myself." There are certain things that I feel I'd love to. I just want to keep trying new things and seeing if I'm any good at them, and if I'm not, then at least learning that. I definitely think I'm more interested in what medium I can explore right now than any specific story. By Joss Whedon Things Intrigued Conceived Luxury Ballet

Here's a story of a girlWho grew up lost and lonelyThinking love was fairy taleAnd trouble was made only for meEven in the darkness every color can be foundAnd every day of rain bringsWater flowingTo things growing in the groundGrief replaced with pityFor a city barely copingDreams are easy to achieveIf hope is all I'm hoping to beAny time you're hurtThere's one who has it worse aroundAnd every drop of rain will keep you growingSeeds you're sowing in the ground By Joss Whedon Rain Ground Story Girlwho Grew

What about me? I love you so much. And I tried to make you go away. I killed you and it didn't help. And I hate it! I hate that it's so hard and that you can hurt me so much. I know everything that you did, because you did it to me. Oh, God! I wish that I wished you dead. I don't. I can't. Strong is fighting! It's hard, and it's painful, and it's every day. It's what we have to do. And we can do it together. But if you're too much of a coward for that, then burn. If I can't convince you that you belong in this world, then I don't know what can. But do not expect me to watch. And don't expect me to mourn for you, because ... By Joss Whedon Hate Hard Expect God Love

When I say, 'I love you,' it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a person. By Joss Whedon Love Strength Kindness Person Worst

The thing about changing the world ... Once you do it, the world's all different. By Joss Whedon World Thing Changing

I've seen plenty of films where the projector broke. The problems that we have in the digital age are exactly the same as we had. Instead of, 'There's a hair in the gate,' it's, 'The computer ate the footage.' There will always be things like that going on. Nothing is perfect. By Joss Whedon Broke Plenty Films Projector Problems

If I find out I have to write today and nothing else, that's a perfect day. I know a lot of people who are great at it and make it look easy who are tortured and miserable people. Writing for me is perfect peace. By Joss Whedon Day Find Write Today Perfect

Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping ... waiting ... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir ... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us ... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love ... the clarity of hatred ... the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we'd be truly dead. By Joss Whedon Passion Sleeping Lies Waiting Unbidden

Wanna know what a bullet feels like, Warren? A real one? It's not like in the comics ... I think you need to. Feel it ... It's not going to make a neat little hole. First - it'll obliterate your internal organs. Your lung will collapse, feels like drowning ... When it finally hits your spine, it'll blow your central nervous system- ... I'm talking. The pain will be unbearable, but you won't be able to move ... A bullet usually travels faster than this, of course. But the dying? It seems like it takes forever. Something, isn't it? One tiny piece of metal destroys everything. It ripped her insides out ... It took her light away. From me. From the world ... And now the one person who should be here is gone - and a waste like you gets to live. A tiny piece of metal. Can you feel it now? By Joss Whedon Warren Wanna Feels Feel Bullet

There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it's called 'fan fiction'. By Joss Whedon Called Fan Fiction Time Place

I do remember what I said. The promise. To protect her. If I'd done that ... even if I didn't make it, you wouldn't've had to jump. I want you to know I did save you. Not when it counted, of course. But after that. Every night after that. I'd see it all again, do something different. Faster or more clever, you know? Dozens of times, lots of different ways ... Every night I save you. By Joss Whedon Remember Save Night Promise Protect

This report is maybe 12-years-old. Parliament buried it, and it stayed buried till River dug it up. This is what they feared she knew. And they were right to fear because there's a whole universe of folk who are gonna know it, too. They're gonna see it. Somebody has to speak for these people. You all got on this boat for different reasons, but you all come to the same place. So now I'm asking more of you than I have before. Maybe all. Sure as I know anything I know this, they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, 10, they'll swing back to the belief that they can make people ... better. And I do not hold to that. So no more running. I aim to misbehave. By Joss Whedon Report Buried River People Gonna

Tonight sucks. And look at me. Look at - look at stupid Buffy. Too dumb for college, and-and-and freak Buffy, too strong for construction work. And-and my job at the magic shop? I was bored to tears even before the hour that wouldn't end. And the only person that I can even stand to be around is a ... neutered vampire who cheats at kitten poker. By Joss Whedon Buffy Tonight Sucks College Freak

Seven years, Dawn. Working with the Slayer. Seeing my friends get more and more powerful ... a witch. A demon. Hell, I could fit Oz in my shaving kit, but come a full moon, he had a wolfy mojo not to be messed with. Powerful, all of them. And I'm the guy who fixes the windows. They'll never know how tough it is, Dawnie, to be the one who isn't Chosen, to live so near the spotlight and never step in it. But I know. I see more than anybody realizes because nobody's watching me. I saw you last night, and I see you working here today. You're not special; you're extraordinary. By Joss Whedon Dawn Years Slayer Powerful Working

I don't know video games.The last video game I played, apart from Dance Dance Revolution at Jeremy's house, which I was very good at - Scarlett [Johansson] and I will always have "Billie Jean" - was Super Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo. I'm from the Dark Ages. By Joss Whedon Dance Super Scarlett Johansson Billie

My people - before I was changed - they exchanged this as a sign of devotion. It's a Claddagh ring. The hands represent friendship; the crown represents loyalty ... and the heart ... Well, you know ... Wear it with the heart pointing towards you. It means you belong to somebody. Like this. By Joss Whedon People Changed Devotion Exchanged Sign

You know, I always was an early morning or late night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And at four in the morning you make up some of your most absurd jokes. By Joss Whedon Morning Writer Early Late Night

I hate it when people talk about Buffy as being campy ... I hate camp, I don't enjoy dumb TV. I believe Aaron Spelling has single-handedly lowered SAT scores. By Joss Whedon Buffy Campy Hate People Talk

I find that when you read a script, or rewrite something, or look at something that's been gone over, you can tell, like rings on a tree, by how bad it is, how long it's been in development. By Joss Whedon Script Tree Development Find Read

When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?' Obviously there are differences between men and women - that's what makes it all fun. But we're all people. There's a lot of good writers who are very humanist, but still manage to kind of skip fifty-five per cent of the race. And I just don't get that. Not to be able to write an entire gender? To me, the question isn't how do you do it? It's how can you possibly avoid doing it? By Joss Whedon Women Writing People Good Fun

Nowadays I'm really cranky about comics. Because most of them are just really, really poorly written soft-core. And I miss good old storytelling. And you know what else I miss? Super powers. Why is it now that everybody's like "I can reverse the polarity of your ions!" Like in one big flash everybody's Doctor Strange. I like the guys that can stick to walls and change into sand and stuff. I don't understand anything anymore. And all the girls are wearing nothing, and they all look like they have implants. Well, I sound like a very old man, and a cranky one, but it's true. By Joss Whedon Nowadays Comics Miss Cranky Softcore

Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don't care, I'm still free You can't take the sky from me Take me out to the black Tell them I ain't comin' back Burn the land and boil the sea You can't take the sky from me There's no place I can be Since I found Serenity But you can't take the sky from me ... By Joss Whedon Sky Land Burn Serenity Love

In my generation, there was a single girl given the strength and skill to fight the spread of darkness ... but in your generation, there are nearly two thousand with the powers of the slayer, and not all of them have chosen to use their newfound abilities conscientiously. By Joss Whedon Generation Darkness Single Girl Strength

My visions of the future are always pretty much standard issue. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and there are flying cars. By Joss Whedon Issue Visions Future Pretty Standard

Everyone has their first date and the object is to hide your flaws. And then you're in a relationship, and it's all about hiding your disappointment. And then, once you're married, it's about hiding your sins. By Joss Whedon Flaws Hiding Date Object Hide

The problem is I want to do everything. I really love all of it, and I love every aspect of movie-making and storytelling, and I love television, I love the Internet. I wish I had time to do absolutely everything. By Joss Whedon Love Problem Internet Storytelling Television

I would love to give you a more in-depth coherent explanation of my view of the soul, and if I had one I would. The soul and my concept of it are as ephemeral as anybody's, and possibly more so. By Joss Whedon Soul Love Give Indepth Coherent

I love a straightforward character. I am the guy who loves Cyclops on the 'X-Men', because he is square. By Joss Whedon Character Xmen Straightforward Cyclops Square

Do you love me? What? Do you? I love you. I don't know if I trust you. Maybe you shouldn't do either. Maybe I'm the one who should decide! By Joss Whedon Love Decide Trust

Ain't all buttons and charts, little albatross. Know what the first rule of flying is? Well I s'pose you do, since you already know what I'm 'bout to say.I do. But I like to hear you say it.Love. Can know all the math in the 'verse but take a boat in the air that you don't love? She'll shake you off just as sure as a turn in the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down ... tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens ... makes her a home. By Joss Whedon Charts Albatross Buttons Air Love

I love TV in a way that I don't love any other medium. By Joss Whedon Medium Love

I've been in this business for a long while, but it's not like I've been waiting tables. Since I started writing, I've only worked on things that I love. I've had a lot of heartbreak, but you don't become an artist and not expect that. By Joss Whedon Tables Business Long Waiting Writing

What I love most about icons is finding out what's behind them, exploring the price of their power. By Joss Whedon Exploring Power Love Icons Finding

I eat 'The Walking Dead' like its made of brains. Can't even watch the show, I love the book so much. By Joss Whedon Dead Walking Eat Brains Made

I love all genres. The only thing I get stymied by is the Family Drama. I don't necessarily know how to approach that. By Joss Whedon Genres Love Drama Family Thing

I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably because I'm so very bad at it. By Joss Whedon Love Write Sex Nothin World

I just love language. I mean, I love it. I love stage directions. Any opportunity to write. I hadn't written in so long, I get very crazy and miserable. I - it's like not seeing my kids: I can't do it for very long. By Joss Whedon Love Language Long Directions Write

If somebody comes up to me, it's because they're moved by something I'm moved by. I've never taken a job I didn't love ... So when somebody's coming up to me, or they're writing, they're in the same space I am in. By Joss Whedon Moved Love Job Writing Coming

Buffy loves Angel. He loves her. And I love Ho Hos. By Joss Whedon Angel Buffy Loves Hos Love

I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesn't really happen in life is what I'm interested in. As a way of commenting on everything that does happen in life, because ultimately the only thing I'm really interested in is people. By Joss Whedon Love Fantasy Happen Life Interested

We'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone. And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever comes next won't be, either. But I would love to tell more stories of this universe and to hang out with these people on and off for the rest of my career. By Joss Whedon Firefly Make Thing Existed Serenity

I was never a games night guy, but at some point, social interaction starts to freak me out. So when there's a point, it's easier for me to see the people I love and hang out and try to have fun. By Joss Whedon Point Guy Social Games Night

Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke. By Joss Whedon Make God Dark Grim Tough

The musicals that I love on stage are generally meant for the stage. By Joss Whedon Stage Musicals Love Generally Meant

Hey, this is weird. I ordered one frozen yogurt and they gave me two. You don't happen to like frozen yogurt do you? I love it! You're kidding! What a crazy, random happenstance! By Joss Whedon Hey Weird Frozen Yogurt Ordered

I love comics, very much, and I love being alone, but I also love the other part. I love actors, and I love filmed entertainment, and that is not something I plan to turn my back on. By Joss Whedon Love Comics Part Actors Entertainment

Xander:It could be witches, some evil witches, which is ridiculous cause witched they were persecuted, women power, love the eatrh, and I'll be over here. By Joss Whedon Xander Witches Persecuted Women Power

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. By Joss Whedon Ending People Love Happy Mal

I have abused language. I love it, and I abuse it ... I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in which it's bent doesn't actually register. By Joss Whedon Abused Language Love Abuse Clever

You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love 'til it kills you both. You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other until it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Love isn't brains, children, it's blood blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it. By Joss Whedon Friends Love Blood Til Children

I love a good romantic comedy. By Joss Whedon Comedy Love Good Romantic

There's a lot of anger in the Twitter-verse, as I've discovered. But there's a lot of love. By Joss Whedon Twitterverse Lot Discovered Anger Love

People want the tragedy. They need things to go wrong, they need the tension. In my characters there's a core of trust and love that I'm very committed to. These guys would die for each other, and it's very beautiful. But at the same time, you can't keep that safety. Things have to go wrong, bad things have to happen. By Joss Whedon People Tragedy Wrong Things Tension

I myself have never enjoyed anything more than writing. I love to live in that world. By Joss Whedon Writing Enjoyed World Love Live

There's so much you thought you could never face. The decision not to try to control your power, to let it be your demon. Too shameful to remember, so you let it eat your life up instead. But you're past it now, Scott. And all you had to defeat, all you had to let go of ... was you. You're free, my love. You're free. By Joss Whedon Face Thought Free Scott Power

Love is for children. I owe him a debt. By Joss Whedon Love Children Debt Owe

It is the most fun I'm ever going to have. I love to write. I love it. I mean, there's nothing in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably because I'm so very bad at it. It's the greatest peace when I'm in a scene, and it's just me and the character, that's it, that's where I want to live my life. By Joss Whedon Fun Love Write Sex Scene

I think there's a possibility that comic book movies are getting a tiny bit better on the one hand because they're no longer made by executives, who are, you know, ninety-year-old bald tailors with cigars, going, 'The kids love this!' By Joss Whedon Executives Bald Cigars Possibility Comic

The fact is some people really love my work, some people not so much, but at the end of the day, I don't want anybody coming out of the movie thinking about me. By Joss Whedon People Work Day Fact Love

The absolute favorite part of Comic-Con is seeing like a Mass Effect guy hanging out with a Sailor Moon, and they're just having a great time. Nerds, we love what we love with a passion and sometimes it's an angry passion, and to see that all sort of bleed out and everybody just connect By Joss Whedon Moon Mass Effect Sailor Time

I tried to write a TV series, and then I discovered first of all that I love writing more than anything on this earth, and that you could write exactly as well as you want to. By Joss Whedon Write Series Earth Discovered Love

The only way to real mature love is to get past the tropes of what we consider 'romance.' By Joss Whedon Romance Real Mature Love Past

Anything can be good. Even Last Action Hero could've been good. There's an idea somewhere in almost any movie : if you can find something that you love, then you can do it. If you can't, it doesn't matter how skilful you are ... By Joss Whedon Good Action Hero Movie Love

I do listen to music. Movie scores, exclusively, because it's all about mood and nonspecificity. I love the way modern movie scoring is all about nonspecificity. You know, if I shuffled the tracks from 'Inception,' I challenge you to tell me which is which. By Joss Whedon Music Nonspecificity Listen Inception Movie

You don't buy a Picasso because you love the frame. By Joss Whedon Picasso Frame Buy Love

You go to movies to see people you love suffer - that's why you go to the movies. You don't go to see a movie about a guy who already knows he has a wonderful life. By Joss Whedon Suffer People Love Movies Life

An audience who watches my shows knows who I am, knows that right when they think I'm going to make a joke, I'm going to blow something up, or during the worst peril, I'm going to have someone give someone a kiss - it's just going to happen. By Joss Whedon Joke Peril Kiss Happen Audience

I think Spider-Man [film], the first one particularly, really figured out the formula of, "Oh, tell the story that they told in the comic. It was compelling. That's why it's iconic." By Joss Whedon Film Spiderman Comic Figured Formula

I go to movies expecting to have a whole experience. If I want a movie that doesn't end, I'll go to a French movie. That's a betrayal of trust to me. A movie has to be complete within itself; it can't just build off the first one or play variations. By Joss Whedon Movie Experience Expecting French End

I always tend to think just left of center, to remove myself from the world by one step. It is very freeing, and it's a particular way of coming at stories and looking at them that I find the most beautiful stuff that I know comes from, ultimately. By Joss Whedon Center Step Tend Left Remove

I respect the rules of TV, the rules of keeping things commercial and interesting and pop-y and fun. By Joss Whedon Rules Fun Respect Keeping Things

Anya: I don't understand how this all happens. How we go through this. I mean, I knew her, and then she's- There's just a body, and I don't understand why she just can't get back in it and not be dead anymore. It's stupid. It's mortal and stupid. And-and Xander's crying and not talking, and-and I was having fruit punch, and I thought, well, Joyce will never have any more fruit punch ever, and she'll never have eggs, or yawn or brush her hair, not ever, and no one will explain to me why. By Joss Whedon Anya Understand Stupid Andand Fruit

Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need equality. Kinda now. By Joss Whedon Concept Equality Striving Necessity Gravity

I walk. I talk. I shop. I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out, and I don't sleep on a bed of bones. By Joss Whedon Walk Talk Shop Sneeze Back

Stories come from violence, they come from sex. They come from death. They come from the dark places that everyone has to go to, kind of wants to, or doesn't, but needs to deal with. If you raise a kid to think everything is sunshine and flowers, they're going to get into the real world and die. That's the reason fairy tales are so creepy, because we need to encapsulate these things, to inoculate ourselves against them, so that when we're confronted by the genuine horror that is day-to-day life we don't go insane. By Joss Whedon Stories Violence Sex Death Kind

I'm the least confident person in so many ways. But I believed that if somebody gave me the chance to tell a story, I would tell a story [well enough] that the person who gave me the chance would get their money back. By Joss Whedon Story Person Confident Gave Chance

You know what? I was wrong. You are an idiot. My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than I can handle. And it's not just mine. Every single person down there is ignoring your pain because they're too busy with their own. The beautiful ones. The popular ones. The guys that pick on you. Everyone. If you could hear what they were feeling. The loneliness. The confusion. It looks quiet down there. It's not. It's deafening. By Joss Whedon Wrong Idiot Occasion Suck Handle

Directing is such alchemy, it's so easy to fail. And I've seen people who are great at their jobs because everybody has a go. Editors, DPs, actors, craft services guy, everybody wants to try it out but it is such a diffuse but necessary set of skills that you never know which one this person might lack. By Joss Whedon Directing Alchemy Fail Easy Editors

I also felt that Ron and Hermione would have gotten divorced. I'm sorry, I just do. The end of Harry Potter did feel ultimately to me ... just the fact everybody had married everybody. The books were so real and so grounded in what things are really like when you're that age, she nailed that so beautifully. And then there was this slightly fantastical ending. I know that was there for her to say, 'Really, I mean it, no more books,' but you do sort of go, people who were in a war are different from people who haven't been, and how does it affect them? But am I going to second-guess my favorite writer? I think not. By Joss Whedon Ron Hermione Divorced Felt People

I think it's always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it's successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why. By Joss Whedon Culture Idiotic Study Important Academics

Movies were always the goal, but I had a lot of goals. Twelve-year-old me wanted to do everything: act and sing and paint and dance. By Joss Whedon Goal Goals Movies Lot Act

[My mother] really was an extraordinary, inspirational, tough, cool, sexy, funny woman. And that's the kind of woman I've always surrounded myself with, my friends and particularly my wife, who is not only smarter than and stronger than I am, but occasionally taller, too. I think it also goes back to my father and my stepfather, because they prized wit and resolve in the women they were with above all things and they were among the rare men who understood that recognising someone else's power doesn't diminish your own. By Joss Whedon Inspirational Tough Cool Sexy Mother

I don't tend to write straight dramas where real life just impinges. But because I don't, when I do, it is very interesting to slap people in the face with just an absolute of life. By Joss Whedon Impinges Life Tend Write Straight

Everything is a drug. Family, art, causes, new shoes ... We're all just tweaking our chem to avoid the void. By Joss Whedon Family Art Drug Shoes Void

I never tire of the heroes that I knew growing up. By Joss Whedon Tire Heroes Knew Growing

'The Dark Knight,' for me, has the same problem that every other 'Batman' movie has. It's not about Batman. I think Heath Ledger is just phenomenal and the character of the Joker is beautifully written. He has a particular philosophy that he carries throughout the movie. He has one of the best bad guy schemes. By Joss Whedon Batman Knight Dark Problem Movie

I could not conceive that [fans] actually wanted me to sign something. It took a long time for me to figure out (a) just say 'Thank you' and sign the thing, and (b) smile in the picture, because if you try to just half-smile you're going to look constipated. By Joss Whedon Fans Sign Conceive Wanted Thing

Sadly, I hate foreigners. And Americans. And animals. And flora, and some fauna. Also the magma that is the very core of this our mother earth. I'm full o' hate! By Joss Whedon Sadly Foreigners Americans Hate Animals

I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in which it's bent doesn't actually register. It's the old you-gotta-paint-like-them-before-you-can-paint-like-you thing. By Joss Whedon Clever Write Thing Language Register

I'm working on Buffy: Deep Space Nine . It will be dark and badly received. By Joss Whedon Buffy Deep Space Received Working

If I wrote what I really think, I would be so sad all the time. We create to fill a gap - not just to avoid the idea of dying, it's to fill some particular gap in ourselves. By Joss Whedon Time Wrote Sad Fill Gap

Let's put it this way: If a raccoon can carry a movie, then they believe maybe even a woman can. By Joss Whedon Movie Put Raccoon Carry Woman

You do not want a war.You have known violence, you have suffered loss, but you have seen nothing of war. War is not just the business of death; it is the anti-thesis of life. Hope, tortured and flayed, reason, dismembered, grinning at its limbs in its lap. Decency, raped to death ... You will be a murderer and more. By Joss Whedon Violence Loss War Death Waryou

Malcolm: So me and mine gotta lay down and die ... So you can live in your better world?Operative: I'm not going to live there. There's no place for me there ... any more than there is for you. I'm a monster. What I do is evil. I have no illusions about it. But it must be done. By Joss Whedon Malcolm Die Operative Mine Gotta

At the end of the day I have many answers for it. It has to do with my mom, who was an extraordinary woman, and a great feminist. It has to do with the people in my life. It has to do with a lot of different things, but I don't know! Because I'm not just writing from the female characters for other people. I have a desire to see them in our culture that was not met for most of my childhood. Except occasionally by James Cameron. [From the 2011 San Diego Comic Con, in response to being asked why he writes strong female characters.] By Joss Whedon End Day Answers People Female

Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all. This job goes south, there well may not be another. So here is us, on the raggedy edge. Don't push me, and I won't push you. Dong le ma? By Joss Whedon Day Room Naughty Men Slip

Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are. By Joss Whedon Bottom Coming Line Ready Big

So, what's first?""Dexterity. I throw things at you. You avoid them.""You're not a complicated person, are you? Let's do it."20 seconds later"You hib me wib a girder!""How many claws am I holding up?""You hib my face wib a whole girder!""You were meant to duck.""Can we skip degsteriby? By Joss Whedon Dexterity Girder Hib Wib Throw

Basically that you can do anything. If you pool your resources,and just give up the idea that you're going to act like a normal person or sleep, if you want it hard enough and do it well enough, it happens. A lot of really talented people either sort of get crushed under the wheel of the movie studio system or desperately try and get their next gig in TV. I understand why, because we've all got to put food on the table and the brass ring is out there, we'd all like to be making the Emmy-winning shows and the blockbusters and all that, but at the same time you could be doing stuff yourself. By Joss Whedon Basically Sleep Emmywinning Pool Resourcesand

The times are chaotic. For me, I would hope that people look at [Angel] and gain strength by it. With everything that I do, I hope that they see people struggling to live decent, moral lives in a completely chaotic world. They see how hard it is, how often they fail, and how they get up and keep trying. That, to me, is the most important message I'm ever going to tell. By Joss Whedon Angel Times Hope Chaotic People

I've often said there's no such thing as a track record in TV. I seen people who created things much more successful than mine treated like dirt. By Joss Whedon Track Record Dirt Thing Things

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn. By Joss Whedon Show Frikkin Cancelled Wood Road

That girl will rain destruction down on you and your ship. She is an albatross, Captain. Way I remember it, albatross was a ship's good luck, 'til some idiot killed it. (to Inara) Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint. By Joss Whedon Captain Girl Rain Destruction Ship

Wherever I was, I was happy. At peace. I knew that everyone I cared about was all right. I knew it. Time didn't mean anything, nothing had form but I was still me, you know? And I was warm and I was loved and I was finished. Complete. I don't understand about theology or dimensions, or any of it, really but I think I was in heaven. And now I'm not. I was torn out of there. Pulled out by my friends. Everything here is hard, and bright, and violent. Everything I feel, everything I touch this is hell. Just getting through the next moment, and the one after that knowing what I've lost ... By Joss Whedon Happy Knew Peace Cared Time

There are two things that interest me - and they're both power, ultimately. One is not having it and one is abusing it. By Joss Whedon Ultimately Power Things Interest Abusing

I do have screenplays I've written that never saw the light of day, but I don't usually go back to them. When I've told a story, I want to tell another story. By Joss Whedon Day Story Screenplays Written Light

My favorite part of Comic-Con? The groupies. By Joss Whedon Comiccon Favorite Part Groupies

Mutants are a community. We're a people and there's no way anybody can make us be what they want. We stick together and don't panic or overreact ... you'll see. We're stronger than this. Miss Pryde ... are you a #&$%ing retard? By Joss Whedon Mutants Community Pryde Overreact People

The way a musical can make us feel is unlike anything else, in song and particularly in dance. I think people fly through plate-glass windows when they get shot because movies don't have dance scenes any more. This is what we do instead. By Joss Whedon Dance Musical Make Feel Unlike

I wish more people would take the extraordinary talent they have and just let their id go because that's what we discovered. We discovered that the sillier we got, the more people believed that we were speaking from our hearts. By Joss Whedon People Discovered Extraordinary Talent Hearts

If you're someone who genuinely believes that women don't deserve or aren't as much as men, you're like the plague. On the big history chart, you're the plague ... It's just pointless and deadly. By Joss Whedon Plague Men Genuinely Women Deserve

I don't know a lot of show runners. I mean I met a lot of them in picket lines. I'm not part of a, like, secret society or pickup basketball game. As far as I'm concerned, pick-up basketball games are secret societies. They confuse me. I've never been a networker or I've never been very social. By Joss Whedon Lot Runners Show Basketball Secret

It is not so bad. It is just, when I come home so tired, and then he ... I do not enjoy it. My ... my marital duties.""Oh, my God ... He makes you do chores?!? By Joss Whedon Bad God Tired Home Duties

I describe television as feminine and movies as masculine, in the sense that television wants to examine a problem from all sides and talk about it for a long time, and movies just want to hit the climax and then maybe have a smoke. By Joss Whedon Movies Television Masculine Time Smoke

When I read [the script] and saw that it was my fanboy wet dream of an Avengers script and that [Agent] Coulson was a big part of it, that was the great day for me. I just drove around the streets with the script in the other seat, giggling. By Joss Whedon Agent Coulson Avengers Script Read

Angelus: Now that's everything, huh? No weapons ... No friends ... No hope. Take all that away ... and what's left? Buffy: Me. By Joss Whedon Angelus Huh Weapons Buffy Friends

It's only recently women got to be action heroes on TV. Progress is slow, and often non-existent. There's plenty of cool comics with female characters ... But all it takes is one Catwoman to set the cause back a decade. By Joss Whedon Recently Women Action Heroes Progress

I mean, I knew I wasn't a nice person, but what did I do in my past life to deserve this? I must have hit a bus full of nuns while driving a stolen car on my way to selling drugs to schoolchildren! By Joss Whedon Person Knew Nice Past Life

Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are a crazy person. We create conflict - for a living. We do this all the time, sometimes on a weekly basis; we create horrible, incredible circumstances and then figure a way out of them. That's what we do. By Joss Whedon Writers Reality Completely Touch Create

Personally, the NSA collecting data on me freaks me out. It totally freaks me out. And yet I'm from the generation that wants to put a GPS in their kids so I always know where they are. By Joss Whedon Personally Nsa Freaks Collecting Data

The stupidest person in the room might have the best idea. By Joss Whedon Idea Stupidest Person Room

I would like to have as much going on as other people do, but my problem is I get so attached to things, and there's my kids, and I need my sleep, and then there's being married - gotta check in on that, too. By Joss Whedon Things Kids Sleep Married Gotta

The Hulk is the most difficult Marvel property because it's always about balance. Is he a monster? Is he a hero? Are you going to root for a protagonist who spends all his time trying to stop the reason you came to the movie from happening? It's always a dance By Joss Whedon Hulk Marvel Balance Difficult Property

Something can be very funny and then suddenly very terrifying-very exciting, and suddenly very ridiculous. I think that's what life is like, that's what interests me. By Joss Whedon Suddenly Exciting Ridiculous Funny Terrifyingvery

I don't want to create responsible shows with lawyers in them. I want to invade people's dreams. By Joss Whedon Create Responsible Shows Lawyers Dreams

I was not popular in school, and I was definitely not a ladies' man. And I had a very painful adolescence, because it was all very strange to me. It wasn't like I got beat up, but the humiliation and isolation, and the existential 'God, I exist, and nobody cares' of being a teenager were extremely pronounced for me. By Joss Whedon School Man Popular Ladies God

There's a reason Tony Stark makes fun of 'Thor,' and mentions 'Shakespeare' in the park in 'The Avengers.' It's great to play high drama and comedy alongside a modern story. By Joss Whedon Thor Shakespeare Avengers Tony Stark

It was only when I got to college that I realized that the rest of the world didn't run the way my world was run, and that there was a need for feminism. I'd thought it was all solved. There are people like my mom, clearly everyone is equal and it's all fine. Then I get into the world and I hear the things people are saying. Then I get to Hollywood and hear the very casual, almost insidious misogyny that just runs through so much of the fiction. It was just staggering to me. By Joss Whedon World Feminism College Realized Rest

I'm pissed like this rutting beast can't conceive - I'm a lifetime of pissed, of strong, of muscle built over bruise, I'm slick with power and feel the fight as it changes ... As it flows ... ... Everything into place, perfect, and I finally do what I was born to do.I slay. By Joss Whedon Pissed Conceive Strong Bruise Rutting

I'm working! What are you doing? Besides being...Being what?Wait a minute...Sarcastic? Unfeeling? British?It's an animal.Where?No, the word!Still you have to admit, I am... very British. I don't say hard R's.You know what I like? Brown sauce. What's it made of? Science doesn't know!It's made of brown.Brown. Mined from the earth by the hardscrabble brown miners of North Brownderton.Oh, my God. I find lentils completely incomprehensible. What the sun-dappled hell is Echo doing at Fremont?That's got nothing to do with the drug, which means our problems are huge and indomitable.Ooh. I could eat that word. Or a crisp. Do you have any crisps?You haven't seen my drawer of inappropriate starches? C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon!Oh my god, I'm having such a terrible day. By Joss Whedon Working British God Sarcastic Wait

Xander, don't speak Latin in front of the books. By Joss Whedon Xander Latin Books Speak Front

Stay crunchy, even in milk. By Joss Whedon Stay Crunchy Milk

For me, the act of telling the story and showing it to somebody is almost gravy. By Joss Whedon Gravy Act Telling Story Showing

Humor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don't forget food. You can go a week without laughing. By Joss Whedon Humor Alive Food Laughing Forget

(last words) Don't worry, Captain Hammer will save us. By Joss Whedon Captain Hammer Words Worry Save

If you think that happiness means total peace, you will never be happy. Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace. It will always be in conflict. If you accept that, everything gets a lot better. By Joss Whedon Peace Happy Happiness Total Acceptance

Next year, Equality Now will celebrate - if that's the word - will clock its twentieth year. Two decades of fighting the good fight, fighting the cause, and in case I haven't been the clear, the cause is that one half of the human race is given the same basic equal rights that the other half enjoys.Or, not given. Given back.That is not a milestone, twenty years, that I intend to go unnoticed. I want to make some noise. I want to make a joyful noise, I want to make too much noise. I want the neighbors to complain. I'm tired of being polite about something that matters so much. By Joss Whedon Equality Year Noise Make Celebrate

Well, I guess I kinda worked it out. If there's no great glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters ... , then all that matters is what we do. 'Cause that's all there is. What we do. Now. Today. By Joss Whedon Guess Kinda Worked Matters Today

Everything is so fragile. There's so much conflict, so much pain ... you keep waiting for the dust to settle and then you realize this is it; the dust is your life going on. If happy comes alongthat weird, unbearable delight that's actual happyI think you have to grab it while you can. You take what you can get, 'cause it's here, and then ... gone. By Joss Whedon Fragile Dust Conflict Pain Weird

The English Language is my bitch. Or I don't speak it very well. Whatever. By Joss Whedon English Language Bitch Speak

Lies. The great human weapon. Pathetic. I'd say "pathetic" would be falling for them. Especially Kitty's. By Joss Whedon Lies Pathetic Kitty Weapon Great

I always believe in just have as much fun as you can so that when you're in the part that you hate, there's a light at the end of the tunnel, that you're close to finished. By Joss Whedon Hate Tunnel Finished Fun Part

If the apocalypse comes...beep me! By Joss Whedon Beep Apocalypse

Why do you write strong female characters?Because you're still asking me that question. By Joss Whedon Characters Question Write Strong Female

He's like Super Librarian, y'know? Everyone forgets, Willow, that knowledge is the ultimate weapon. By Joss Whedon Yknow Librarian Willow Super Forgets

Back in my day, which was about a week and a half ago, we took our lumps and we got back up and we cried like babies and quit and then put on weight. By Joss Whedon Back Day Ago Weight Week

If every vampire who said he was at The Crucifixion, was actually there, it would have been like Woodstock ... By Joss Whedon Crucifixion Woodstock Vampire

Life's a show and we all play a partAnd when the music startsWe open up our hearts By Joss Whedon Life Hearts Show Play Partand

To read makes our speaking English good. By Joss Whedon English Good Read Makes Speaking

I keep thinking they're gonna call me. I keep thinking they're gonna crunch the numbers and think, oh, we can make money with this! And they don't. By Joss Whedon Thinking Gonna Call Crunch Numbers

Vampire Willow: "Bored now. By Joss Whedon Willow Bored Vampire

To forgive is an act of compassion ... It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it. By Joss Whedon Compassion Forgive Act People Deserve

When I was a kid, maybe 11, I remember saying, 'When I grow up I wanna have enough money to buy a really cool car, because I won't.' By Joss Whedon Kid Car Remember Grow Wanna

My absolute favorite part of Comic-Con is seeing, like, a 'Mass Effect' guy hanging out with a 'Sailor Moon,' and they're just having a great time. By Joss Whedon Mass Effect Sailor Moon Guy

Every ... subsection of liberalism is always busy attacking another subsection of liberalism, because god forbid they should all band together and actually fight for the cause. By Joss Whedon Subsection Liberalism Busy Attacking God

I've got a theory, it could be bunnies ... I've got a theor- Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes They've got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses. And what's with all the carrots-? What do they need such good eyesight for anyway? Bunnies, bunnies it must be bunnies! ... or maybe midgets ... By Joss Whedon Bunnies Theory Theor Noses Cute

Every time you work on a project, it's a little vacation from the project you're working on the other 23 hours. That's the thing - it replenishes you to do something else. By Joss Whedon Hours Project Time Work Vacation

Okay. So...serious wedgie... By Joss Whedon Wedgie

It is good to know, no matter how long I am gone ... you do not grow up too much. By Joss Whedon Good Matter Long Grow

That wouldn't be a first, now would it?""Jean.""Jean Grey is dead, Agent.""Yeah, that'll last. By Joss Whedon Jean Agent Yeah Jean Grey

I really like beer. By Joss Whedon Beer

I'm totally cool. I'm totally calm, and I'm totally cool. My calm is exceeded only by my cool. Which is total. Here we go. By Joss Whedon Cool Totally Calm Total Exceeded

I'm assuming you're as mystified by this as the rest of us, Rasputin. No. I'm not. I have been planning to destroy the Breakworld since I was a child.[silence]This is why I don't make so many jokes. I never know when is good. By Joss Whedon Rasputin Assuming Mystified Rest Breakworld

That all you got...Bub? By Joss Whedon Bub

Are you all right?""Oh my god! I phased!""Are you all right?""Are you?""It was strange.""I can't believe I phased just then! That's never ... it was totally your fault.""I like to think so, yes.""Tee hee. By Joss Whedon God Phased Tee Strange Yes

I'm sorry. But it's like you said, Emma ... I don't have any claws. By Joss Whedon Emma Claws

All right, Emma. You brought me in. You made your move. Just like I knew you would. A nice move. Now it's my turn. By Joss Whedon Emma Move Brought Turn Made

I've Got Him! You've got to keep at her. Forget all your trainingshe's fought you a thousand times.""Don't presume to run my team, you little tart-"(Colossus throws Emma at Danger)"Yes. I see how it works. Normally, I wouldn't have done that. By Joss Whedon Colossus Danger Emma Forget Times

I'm not a control freak - I'm a control enthusiast. By Joss Whedon Control Freak Enthusiast

I also don't trust Caribou anymore. They're out there, on the tundra, waiting ... Something's going down. I'm right about this. By Joss Whedon Caribou Anymore Waiting Trust Tundra

A lot of people who saw 'The Avengers' didn't read comic books, don't like comic book movies, and enjoyed it. That was huge for me. By Joss Whedon Avengers Comic Movies Lot People

Kristen Stewart is kind of captivating; she can just stare at stuff and it works because I still want to watch it. By Joss Whedon Stewart Kristen Captivating Kind Stare

Even in the darkness, every color can be found. And every day of rain brings water flowing to things growing in the ground. By Joss Whedon Darkness Found Color Ground Day

Shiny, let's be bad guys! By Joss Whedon Shiny Guys Bad

I loved teaching and I did a lot of work as a teacher's assistant in college, and my favorite experience was basically getting a laugh from a bunch of people because they had just understood something. By Joss Whedon College Loved Teaching Lot Work

'Buffy' is about growing up. 'Angel' is really about already having grown up, dealing with what you've done, and redemption. By Joss Whedon Buffy Angel Growing Dealing Redemption

Everything I do in its essence is about helplessness. That's the story I want to tell all the time. It's the story I wanted to live - somebody who appears to be, or is, weak becoming stronger. By Joss Whedon Helplessness Story Essence Time Live

Something like 'Much Ado' happens, and even 'Avengers' happens because of the years of building connections and doing the work and proving yourself. By Joss Whedon Ado Avengers Years Building Connections

Willow: (on her Halloween costume): I'm Joan of Arc. I figured we had a lot in common, seeing as how I was almost burned at the stake. And plus she had that close relationship with God. Xander: [to Oz] And you are ... ? [Oz shows a name tag that says 'GOD'] Xander: Of course. Wish I'd thought of that before I put down my deposit. I could've been God. Oz: Blasphemer. By Joss Whedon Arc Halloween Joan Willow God

You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are. By Joss Whedon People Journey Peril Put Give

I had older brothers, and I don't think there's anything worse than an older brother. They pretty much told me the end of everything they got to see before I did. By Joss Whedon Brothers Brother Older Worse Pretty

I did my English A level in England, and we studied Shakespeare. I had great, great high school teachers, and we parsed the text within an inch of its life. By Joss Whedon England Shakespeare English Level Studied

Buffy Anne Summers 1981-2001 Beloved sister Devoted Friend She saved the world A lot By Joss Whedon Anne Summers Beloved Devoted Friend

They come. Sooner than I'd thought, more than I'd even begun to fear. They come looking for death.And Death is psyched to see 'em. By Joss Whedon Sooner Thought Fear Death Begun

My dad would go to work every day and write in a room full of funny people. He enjoyed it. I know great writers who find the process agonising but to me, writing has always been sheer joy. By Joss Whedon People Dad Work Day Write

I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion. By Joss Whedon Hardline Angry Atheist Devotion Fascinated

Now there's us, staking out our piece of cinematic turf (might be small but it's ours). And the music has to fit the vision as specifically as it did for [Star Wars and The Matrix.] OUR music comes from THEIR music, this scrappled bunch. It is spare, intimate, mournful and indefatigable. By Joss Whedon Staking Turf Music Star Matrix

Those of us who write spend our entire lives in an endless English class. By Joss Whedon English Class Write Spend Entire

TV does a thing that film can never do. It takes you to a place that no novel written after the late 19th century can. You can just go through people's lives; it's like a marriage. By Joss Whedon Thing Film Late Century Lives

I am not a fan of referencing your own work when it's in a different universe than what you're doing. That, to me, is a wink at the audience, and winking isn't actually cool when you're not, like, 10. By Joss Whedon Fan Referencing Work Universe Audience

I didn't watch a lot of American television growing up. I just liked to read a lot and watch movies - movies, movies, and more movies. My family used to make fun of me because I'd like every movie I saw. By Joss Whedon American Lot Movies Watch Television

They'll all be waiting. Waiting for me to fall. So, come on , guys. I'm just one girl. No big hero, no protector of justice, not even a bona fide one-hundred-percent slayer. So what are you waiting for?Take me on.Hurt my world. I dare you. By Joss Whedon Waiting Guys Fall Slayer Girl

Men not only don't get what's important about what women are capable of, but in fact they fear it, and envy it, and want to throw stones at it, because it's the thing they can't have. By Joss Whedon Men Important Women Capable Fact

Redemption is something you have to fight for in a very personal, down-dirty way. Some of our characters lose that, some stray from that, and some regain it. By Joss Whedon Redemption Personal Downdirty Fight Characters

The Internet community started forming right when 'Buffy' started airing, and the notion of a show creator being anything other than a name people recognize on the screen was completely new. By Joss Whedon Buffy Internet Started Airing Community

I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it done, and there are a lot of decisions made just for the sake of making decisions. You do something because it's efficient and because it gets the story told and it connects to the audience. By Joss Whedon Television Makes Movies Forced Decisions

I object! What? Bugger, was that acting? Is not courtroom, Katya. Shut up! I'm not good at having two conversations at once. And I hate Scott's plan! You mean you "object" to it. By Joss Whedon Katya Object Bugger Scott Acting

Actors wait tables, directors work at video stores. By Joss Whedon Actors Tables Directors Stores Wait

There are certain human truths, like death, that nobody gets to escape, and pain, which everybody not only feels but needs. You have to go through it. So for everybody, at some point - very often for teenagers - the world is a terrible place. The world is a giant, awful black hole of evil conspiracy. Sometimes that's because you have perspective on what the world's really like, and sometimes it's because you've completely lost perspective and you're having a terrible day. But no matter what, everybody shares that feeling, and life is kind of about your ways around that, your ways around certain truths. By Joss Whedon World Death Escape Pain Human

She's terse. I can be terse. Once, in flight school, I was laconic. By Joss Whedon Terse School Laconic Flight

That title, is one of the things I fought for. A lot of people said 'But it's stupid, and it's the title of a comedy movie, and people won't take it seriously,' and I'm sure there are some people who still don't. But for the most part, people do see that we really have a quality show. By Joss Whedon People Title Things Fought Stupid

Uh, hey, I got a idea. Instead of us hanging around playing art critic 'til I get pinched by the man, how's about we move away from this eerie-ass piece of work, and get on with our increasingly eerie-ass day. How's that? By Joss Whedon Hey Idea Eerieass Critic Til

You get hurt, hurt 'em back. You get killed, walk it off. By Joss Whedon Hurt Back Killed Walk

I never give up on anything, because you come back around, and suddenly the thing you thought you'd never do is relevant. By Joss Whedon Relevant Give Back Suddenly Thing

I'll always protect what I'm working on. Which is why more and more of it is stuff only I can ruin. By Joss Whedon Protect Working Ruin Stuff

The first lesson a watcher learns is to separate truth from illusion. Because in the world of magicks, it's the hardest thing to do. By Joss Whedon Illusion Lesson Watcher Learns Separate

I am a fan of sequels even though they are inevitably awful. By Joss Whedon Awful Fan Sequels Inevitably

Giles: Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower, or a a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell musty and-and-and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer is a - it, uh, it has no no texture, no-no context. It's-it's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then-then the getting of knowledge should be, uh, tangible, it should be, um, smelly. By Joss Whedon Giles Smell Powerful Trigger Memory

Mal: [closing the doors] Good day! By Joss Whedon Mal Good Closing Doors Day

I write for fanboy moments. I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. I write to do all the things the viewers want too. So the intensity of the fan response is enormously gratifying. It means I hit a nerve. By Joss Whedon Write Moments Fanboy Things Strength

My soul is wrapped in harsh repose, Midnight descends in raven-colored clothes, But soft ... behold! A sunlight beam Butting a swath of glimmering gleam. My heart expands, 'tis grown a bulge in it, Inspired by your beauty ... Effulgent. By Joss Whedon Midnight Behold Repose Clothes Soft

Nothing in the world is the way it ought to be. It's harsh and cruel. But that's why there's us. Champions. It doesn't matter where we come from, what we've done or suffered, or even if we make a difference. We live as though the world was what it should be, to show it what it can be. By Joss Whedon World Cruel Harsh Champions Suffered

You know, the thing that I do to waste time is think of things I want to make. That's how my mind is employed. By Joss Whedon Make Waste Time Thing Things

I was a little bit ashamed of American TV because I thought, 'None of the shows my father works on are as funny as my father.' By Joss Whedon American Father Thought Bit Ashamed

Because to me, there is no logic of any kind behind misogyny. Therefore, it's funny, because it's so completely random to me. It's senseless. By Joss Whedon Misogyny Logic Kind Funny Senseless

If you try to multitask in the classic sense of doing two things at once, what you end up doing is quasi-tasking. It's like being with children. You have to give it your full attention for however much time you have, and then you have to give something else your full attention. By Joss Whedon Quasitasking Multitask Classic Sense Things

On one level, I must never lose touch with my audience. But I must, at some point, stop trying to get everybody to like me, and be true to the thing I think I need to say. By Joss Whedon Level Audience Lose Touch Point

You are going to change the world, because that is actually what the world is. You do not pass through this life, it passes through you. You experience it, you interpret it, you act, and then it is different. That happens constantly. You are changing the world. You always have been. By Joss Whedon World Change Life Pass Passes

Doctor, I'm taking your sister under my protection. If any thing happens to her, anything at all, I swear to you I will get very choked up. Honestly, there could be tears. By Joss Whedon Doctor Protection Taking Sister Honestly

Limitations are something that I latch onto - like working in genre, or if you're writing TV, there are act breaks, there's a length of time it's supposed to be. The restrictions of budget and sets can be really useful. When you can have everything, it's very hard to make things feel real and lived in. By Joss Whedon Limitations Genre Breaks Latch Working

I never write anything without humor, just because I like humor, but at the same time, it is a way for anything fantastical to become relatable. By Joss Whedon Humor Time Relatable Write Fantastical

The more you can create a structure by which people live in a fantastical situation and by which they will act, and the more you lay that out for the audience, the more they will feel at home in it. By Joss Whedon Act Audience Create Structure People

Making 'The Avengers' was very important to me, but it was also extremely arduous. I missed my friends and I missed my home, so I decided to throw them all on camera, which is the only way I seem to know to relate to people. By Joss Whedon Avengers Making Arduous Missed Important

I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. By Joss Whedon Write Strength Give Characters Explore

When Roseanne read the first script of mine that got into her hands without being edited by someone else she said, 'How can you write a middle-aged woman this well?' I said, 'If you met my mom you wouldn't ask'. By Joss Whedon Roseanne Read Script Mine Hands

I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, 'I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change.' Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. By Joss Whedon Human Mistakes Change Extent Redeemed

People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else. By Joss Whedon People Real Power Fear Losing

Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that's overwhelmingly depressing to me, and sometimes it makes me feel kinship and forgiveness. We've all got the same ending to the story. The way we make that story more elaborate, I got to respect. By Joss Whedon Death Marker Long Road Story

My deal with Marvel is I have a consulting deal with them as well as a contract to make 'Avengers.' That means I'll read all the scripts, I'll look at cuts. By Joss Whedon Avengers Deal Marvel Make Consulting

Veronica solves little puzzles because she, like all of us, cannot unravel the bigger ones. By Joss Whedon Veronica Solves Puzzles Unravel Bigger

Sarah Michelle Gellar's made some really good choices. She's had some bad breaks. She goes with the independent, interesting young filmmakers and then they get slammed, like 'Southland Tales.' I'm proud of what she's trying to do. It's hard. By Joss Whedon Michelle Gellar Sarah Choices Made

Misogyny ... is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who is confronted with it. By Joss Whedon Misogyny Condition True Part Human

I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved. Because it's about adolescence, which is the most important thing people go through in their development, becoming an adult. By Joss Whedon Buffy Loved Designed Icon Experience

What Sarah brings to the part is her intelligence, at the same time, she's got that hormonal, idiosyncratic goofiness that makes Buffy not just the Terminator. By Joss Whedon Terminator Sarah Buffy Intelligence Time

I was very proud of my father, and I admired him, but I always thought he was more interesting than the shows he was working on. By Joss Whedon Father Proud Admired Thought Interesting

If you're going to make a science fiction movie, then have a hover craft chase, for God's sake. By Joss Whedon God Movie Chase Sake Make

My mom is a teacher, my dad was a writer for television, his dad was a writer for television, and combining those two has been sort of the goal of my life. By Joss Whedon Television Writer Dad Teacher Life

This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths-just because they can't think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea that I made up myself By Joss Whedon Avengers Sad Idea Times Reflection

The enemy of humanism is not faith; the enemy of humanism is hate, is fear, is ignorance, is the darker part of man that is in every humanist, every person, in the world. That is the thing we have to fight. Faith is something we have to embrace. Faith in God is believing absolutely in something with no proof whatsoever. Faith in humanity means believing absolutely in something with a huge amount of proof to the contrary. By Joss Whedon Enemy Humanism Faith Hate Fear

I think 'Batman Begins' is certainly my favorite Batman movie I've seen. By Joss Whedon Batman Begins Favorite Movie

In other news, it's been far too long since I gloated massively about the fact that I know what's going to happen on Buffy and you all don't. By Joss Whedon Buffy Long Gloated Massively Fact

When you're telling a story, you're trying to connect to people in a particular way ... The way in which you guys have inhabited this world, this universe, has made you part of it, part of the story. You are living in Firefly. When I see you guys, I don't think the show is off the air. I don't think there's a show; I think that's what the world is like. ... The story is our lives. By Joss Whedon Story Part Telling Connect People

Shakespeare's language does not require a British accent. It requires a facility with language, and that's all. By Joss Whedon British Shakespeare Accent Language Require

Half of writing history is hiding the truth. By Joss Whedon Half Truth Writing History Hiding

TV's like whitewater rafting: Without rocks, there wouldn't be rapids, and it wouldn't be as much fun. By Joss Whedon Rafting Rocks Rapids Fun Whitewater

This is something that I do consider to be good advice: I took my first paycheck and I put it in the goddamn bank. Then I took my second paycheck and put it in the goddamn bank. I had seen the roller coaster of my father's career - top of the world, then unemployed - and I never wanted to take a job because I needed money. By Joss Whedon Bank Goddamn Paycheck Put Advice

Time for some thrillin' heroics. By Joss Whedon Heroics Time Thrillin

This landing is gonna get pretty interesting. Define "interesting". "Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die"? [on speakerphone]: This is the captain: we have a little problem with our entry sequence so we may experience some slight turbulence, then explode. By Joss Whedon God Interesting Landing Gonna Pretty

The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is. By Joss Whedon Hero Tunnel Digging Thing Light

Don't go bigger, go deeper. By Joss Whedon Bigger Deeper

If something isn't working, if you have a story that you've built and it's blocked and you can't figure it out, take your favorite scene, or your very best idea or set-piece, and cut it. It's brutal, but sometimes inevitable. By Joss Whedon Working Scene Setpiece Story Built

Sketchy: I'm no stranger to stoner logic. By Joss Whedon Sketchy Logic Stranger Stoner

Angel, when I look into the future, all I see is you! All I want is you.I know the feeling. By Joss Whedon Angel Future Feeling Youi

Everything I write tends to turn into a superhero team, even if I didn't mean for it to. I always start off wanting to be solitary, because a) it's simpler, and b) that isolation is something that I relate to as a storyteller. And then no matter what, I always end up with a team. By Joss Whedon Team Write Turn Superhero Solitary

I loved the idea of a girl going into a dark alley, and a monster comes, and then she just aces him. It's like, you want to see the tiny person suddenly take control. God, my whole career is basically about that! By Joss Whedon Alley Loved Idea Girl Dark

Try taking a stand on just one leg. You need to see both sides. By Joss Whedon Leg Taking Stand Sides

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization. By Joss Whedon Multitasking Secret Organization Extreme Focus

When it comes to the iconic moments, you sort of have to take all of those things and distill them the same way the costumers do and everybod Distill them and then find your own. The most iconic moment in the movie is, assuming they do, when they assemble. By Joss Whedon Distill Iconic Sort Things Costumers

River Tam (Summer Glau): No power in the 'verse can stop me. By Joss Whedon Tam Summer Glau River Verse

My first gig ever was writing looplines for a movie that had already been made. You know, writing lines over somebody's back to explain something, to help make a connection, to add a joke, or to just add babble because the people are in frame and should be saying something. By Joss Whedon Made Writing Gig Looplines Movie

As far as I am concerned, the first episode of Buffy was the beginning of my career. It was the first time I told a story from start to finish the way I wanted. By Joss Whedon Buffy Concerned Career Episode Beginning

So, why do you write these strong female characters?Because you're still asking me that question.[Equality Now speech, May 15, 2006] By Joss Whedon Equality Characters Question Speech Write

When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men that not only have no problem with the idea of a female leader, but were in fact engaged and even attracted to the idea. By Joss Whedon Buffy Wanted Female Idea Icon

Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface. But sometimes, there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one. Like with pie. By Joss Whedon People Layered Surface Level Totally

What 'Scream' was great at was presenting ironic detachment and then making you actually care about the people that were having it, and juxtaposing it with their situation, all in the service of making a great horror movie. It was fresh. By Joss Whedon Scream Great Making Situation Movie

Recognizing power in another does not diminish your own. By Joss Whedon Recognizing Power Diminish

The first thing I ever thought of when I thought of Buffy , the movie, was the little ... blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed, in every horror movie. The idea of Buffy was to subvert that idea, that image, and create someone who was a hero where she had always been a victim. That element of surprise ... genre-busting is very much at the heart of both the movie and the series. By Joss Whedon Thought Buffy Movie Thing Idea

We have done the impossible. And that makes us mighty. By Joss Whedon Impossible Mighty Makes

I still believe that even though 'The Empire Strikes Back' is better in innumerable ways than 'Star Wars,' 'Star Wars' wins. By Joss Whedon Star Back Wars Empire Strikes

The master plan does not have a master plan. Television ultimately finds itself, and after it finds itself, it finds itself changing. By Joss Whedon Master Plan Finds Television Changing

They can take everything away from me, but they can never take my pride, unless I somehow get some. By Joss Whedon Pride

No one's going to go see the story of Othello going to get a peaceful divorce. By Joss Whedon Othello Divorce Story Peaceful

We are, all of us, incoherent text, and just knowing that - knowing that no matter how much you say, 'I am this' and part of you is not that - means that you can say it. By Joss Whedon Knowing Incoherent Text Matter This

What I do like is hiking. And that's what filmmaking is. It's a hike. It's challenging and exhausting, and you don't know what the terrain is going to be or necessarily even which direction you're going in ... but it sure is beautiful. By Joss Whedon Hiking Filmmaking Hike Exhausting Beautiful

I like to think that I'm a populist entertainer, but I'm a little bit idiosyncratic, and sometimes the networks wouldn't really roll with that. By Joss Whedon Entertainer Idiosyncratic Populist Bit Networks

The comic world has its own limitations, as everything does. I adore it, I respect it, but it's not going to take over all of me. By Joss Whedon Limitations Comic World Adore Respect

My life has included a study of Shakespeare and to me it's very natural, but I know that it's not always accessible to other people. By Joss Whedon Shakespeare Natural People Life Included

Dr. Banner, your work is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous, green rage monster. By Joss Whedon Banner Unparalleled Work Enormous Green

There are two things that I cannot resist: one is musicals and the other is a spaceship in trouble. But I am smart enough not to combine the two things. By Joss Whedon Resist Trouble Things Musicals Spaceship

Wonder Woman isn't Spider-man or Batman. She doesn't have a town, she has a world. That was more interesting to me than a kind of contained, rote superhero franchise. By Joss Whedon Batman Woman Spiderman Town World

This, children, is Kitty Pryde, who apparently feels the need to make a grand entrance. I'm sorry. I was busy remembering to put all my clothes on. By Joss Whedon Children Pryde Kitty Entrance Apparently

One of my favourite sorts of actors ... the rat actor. The rat actor knows his job and gets it done. By Joss Whedon Rat Actor Favourite Sorts Actors

Science fiction is like a blender - you can put in any historical experience and take influences from everything you see, read or experience. By Joss Whedon Science Blender Read Experience Fiction

Lockheed! You found me! You are the best X-Dragon ever. By Joss Whedon Lockheed Found Xdragon

I am not made of steel. Rage. I...am made... of RAGE!!!! By Joss Whedon Rage Steel Made

We had the camera locked, but not the location of the sun. By Joss Whedon Locked Sun Camera Location

Faith in God means believing absolutely in something with no proof whatsoever. Faith in humanity means believing absolutely in something with a huge amount of proof to the contrary. We are the true believers. By Joss Whedon God Faith Believing Absolutely Whatsoever

I don't want the giant ego. I don't want to become Kevin Costner, singing on the soundtrack to The Postman. By Joss Whedon Ego Giant Costner Postman Kevin

"'Come on, guys, I'm the leader of a whole movie ... !' I tell when I want people to fear and respect me. Not wildly effective." By Joss Whedon Guys Movie Leader Effective People

Time is what turns kittens into cats. By Joss Whedon Time Cats Turns Kittens

All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you. By Joss Whedon Intend Worthy Work Open Interpretations

If you can't run, you crawl. If you can't crawl you find someone to carry you. By Joss Whedon Run Crawl Find Carry

In the time of gods and monsters, what is the worth of a man? By Joss Whedon Monsters Man Time Gods Worth

I'm sorry if he's bleeding internally. I hope he's not. But I'm not wasting a healing spell on a guy that pointed a gun at us.""Can you do an 'I'm sorry' spell? I don't wanna get too near him.""It's not the Staff of Hallmark, Mol. By Joss Whedon Internally Bleeding Mol Spell Hallmark

In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer. By Joss Whedon Generation Chosen Darkness Stand Vampires

Nobody treating us like kids. For once, we gt to be equals, not babies. Could use more of that in the twenty-first. Age doesn't make grown-ups. By Joss Whedon Kids Treating Equals Babies Twentyfirst

Someone else's loss is my chocolatey goodness By Joss Whedon Goodness Loss Chocolatey

Live with a man 40 years. Share his house, his meals. Speak on every subject. Then tie him up, and hold him over the volcano's edge. And on that day, you will finally meet the man. By Joss Whedon Years Live Man Share House

I have a pathological fear of confrontation. I'm working on that. By Joss Whedon Confrontation Pathological Fear Working

I'm never interested in movies where you don't care about the people you're watching, and that's my biggest quibble about horror, that kids have gotten stupider and stupider. By Joss Whedon Watching Horror Stupider Interested Movies

I'm a very gentle man, not unlike Gandhi. By Joss Whedon Gandhi Man Gentle Unlike

I'd rather make a show 100 people need to see, than a show that 1000 people want to see. By Joss Whedon People Show Make

I'd better go before Kitty tries to act again. By Joss Whedon Kitty Act

We don't need heroes so much as recognizing ourselves as heroes. By Joss Whedon Heroes Recognizing

You learn something every time you make a mistake. By Joss Whedon Mistake Learn Time Make

There are many films and TV shows I make where people find themselves in fantastical situations; as often as possible, their reactions to it are very normal. By Joss Whedon Situations Normal Films Shows Make

Because it's no longer enough to be a decent person. It's no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself. By Joss Whedon Longer Person Decent True Shake

I write to be the characters that I am not. By Joss Whedon Write Characters

I'm not big on regret. It's not on my schedule. By Joss Whedon Regret Big Schedule

Who is to say who is the villain and who is the hero? Probably the dictionary. By Joss Whedon Hero Villain Dictionary

Casting is storytelling. By Joss Whedon Casting Storytelling

I spent a ton of time alone. I was raised by a feminist; I had a terrifying father and oppressively scary and mean brothers. We had a farm. The rule was between breakfast and lunch you weren't allowed to make a sound. By Joss Whedon Spent Ton Time Feminist Brothers

I wanted to drag Shakespeare from obscurity. I've been a fan my whole life. By Joss Whedon Shakespeare Obscurity Wanted Drag Life

People always say I write a lot of pop culture references. Can somebody please count the pop culture references in 'Firefly?' Because I don't know how to put this to you, but there was one. I referenced The Beatles in the pilot. By Joss Whedon Culture Firefly People Pop References

I've had so much success. I had something to say, I got to say it, people heard it, and they agreed. That's every artist's dream. That's the brass ring. By Joss Whedon Success People Agreed Dream Heard

There is nothing more painful in the world than Aly when she makes her big eyes. She makes her big hurt eyes, there's nothing you can do. She just kills you. By Joss Whedon Aly Makes Eyes Big Painful

I don't like uncertainty. I don't play poker. I don't like bluffing. By Joss Whedon Uncertainty Poker Bluffing Play

The problem for me is that 'Watchmen,' one of the great comics of all time, is a look at superheroes that has gone beyond the concept of or necessity for superheroes. By Joss Whedon Watchmen Superheroes Time Problem Great

How did you find me here? If I was blind, I would see you.Stay with me.Forever. That's the whole point. I'll never leave. Not even if you kill me. By Joss Whedon Find Blind Meforever Point Youstay

I can do web, comic books, macrame, art. By Joss Whedon Macrame Art Web Comic Books

I don't actually have anything against anybody, unless their belief precludes everybody else's ... I am an atheist and an absurdist and I have been for many years. I've actually taken a huge amount of flack for that. By Joss Whedon Belief Precludes Years Atheist Absurdist

There was a time before I felt I was a real writer, when I was a yarn spinner and I just wanted to tell story until it was over. But then there came a time where I was like, 'No, I want to understand something through writing this that I might have not understood before. I want people to come away with something to think about.' By Joss Whedon Time Writer Felt Real Yarn

'The Sixth Sense' is fine the second time around, but honestly, the first time around, it's dazzling. By Joss Whedon Sense Time Sixth Honestly Dazzling

Forgiveness is like a great act of compassion. That it was done not because someone deserved it, but because they needed it. By Joss Whedon Forgiveness Compassion Great Act Deserved

Most people don't see Hamlet as an old bald guy. By Joss Whedon Hamlet Guy People Bald

Scramblers deactivated, then? Well here's some good news. You feel no pain. You will go straight to a hospital. Remember nothing of this place. And every time you hear the words "parsley", "intractable" or "longitude", you will vomit uncontrollably for forty-eight hours. By Joss Whedon Scramblers Deactivated Parsley Intractable Longitude

I like Victorian children's novels extremely a lot. If I would say I collect anything, that's what I'll hunt for now and again at old book stores. By Joss Whedon Victorian Lot Children Extremely Stores

I loved working with 'The Avengers' cast and we had a great time, but it was a job, and they had other commitments during that job, so they would go off and do other things. By Joss Whedon Job Avengers Time Things Loved

I always enjoy conversation more if there is some substance to it - which is a just incredibly hilarious thing for me to say because for many, many years I was the guy whose only contribution to any conversation was, 'There was a funny 'Simpson's' joke about that.' By Joss Whedon Conversation Funny Joke Enjoy Substance

How do you know your Colossus is the genuine article in the first place?I read his mind.I matched his DNA.I smelled him.I also did that. By Joss Whedon Colossus Place Genuine Article Read

I leave the world in terrible turmoil. I come back, same turmoil. Nothing at all different. Well, outfits are a little different ... By Joss Whedon Turmoil Leave World Terrible Back

I'm well aware when they fired the starting gun I was halfway down the track, but I still ran as fast as I could for 25 years. By Joss Whedon Years Track Aware Fired Starting

I don't have a ton of enemies. I get along with people pretty well when I'm not annoying them to death. By Joss Whedon Enemies Ton Death People Pretty

Whatever makes you weird, is probably your greatest asset. By Joss Whedon Weird Asset Makes Greatest

Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment. By Joss Whedon Empowerment Ultimately End Writing Helplessness

I am a leaf on the wind - watch how I soar By Joss Whedon Wind Watch Soar Leaf

Absolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that. By Joss Whedon Absolutely Eat Dessert Thing

I kept telling my mom that reading comic books would pay off. By Joss Whedon Telling Mom Reading Comic Books

I've been doing Shakespeare readings with my friends for years. By Joss Whedon Shakespeare Years Readings Friends

Especially, I think, living in any fantasy or science fiction world means really understanding what you're seeing and reading really densely on a level that a lot of people don't bother to read. By Joss Whedon Living Read Fantasy Science Fiction

When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life. By Joss Whedon Film Life Making Obligation Fill

I'll take crazy over stupid any day. By Joss Whedon Day Crazy Stupid

I didn't know feminism was actually a thing until I left home and found out the country didn't run the way my mom's house did, By Joss Whedon Feminism Thing Left Home Found

People used to laugh that academics would study Disney movies. There's nothing more important for academics to study, because they shape the minds of our children possibly more than any single thing. By Joss Whedon Disney People Movies Academics Study

I always want to make sure I'm telling a story about people that I care about. By Joss Whedon Make Telling Story People Care

As we all know, blinking lights means science. By Joss Whedon Blinking Science Lights

You are talking crazy-person talk. Put your words in word places please. By Joss Whedon Talk Talking Crazyperson Put Places

The misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. By Joss Whedon Condition Misogyny Culture True Part

I like horror; I like comedy; I like drama; I like action; I like female heroes. By Joss Whedon Horror Comedy Drama Action Heroes

Always be yourself... unless you suck. By Joss Whedon Suck

Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck. By Joss Whedon Remember Suck

You give my regards to St. Peter, or whoever has his job, but in Hell. By Joss Whedon Peter Hell Job Give

I think it's not inaccurate to say that I had a perfectly happy childhood during which I was very unhappy. By Joss Whedon Unhappy Inaccurate Perfectly Happy Childhood

There's a fine line between support and stalking and let's all stay on the right side of that. By Joss Whedon Fine Line Support Stalking Stay

I didn't study writing. I didn't write anything substantial until I got to California. By Joss Whedon Writing Study California Write Substantial

I've been to two festivals in my life, and I've never been to Toronto. I haven't really been making festival movies. This is new territory for me. By Joss Whedon Toronto Life Movies Festivals Festival

All of the most important lessons about writing I learned from my father. He never set out to teach me anything, it would just be something he said casually in conversation. By Joss Whedon Father Important Lessons Writing Learned

It's about women. It's about power and it's about women and you just hate those two words in the same sentence, don't you? By Joss Whedon Women Sentence Power Hate Words

Identity is something that you are constantly earning. By Joss Whedon Identity Earning Constantly

Most of the dialogue in 'Speed' is mine, and a bunch of the characters. That was actually pretty much a good experience. I have quibbles. I also have the only poster left with my name still on it. Getting arbitrated off the credits was un-fun. By Joss Whedon Speed Mine Characters Dialogue Bunch

Spike: Bloody hell, woman, you're cutting off my circulation!Buffy: You don't have any circulation.Spike: Well, it pinches By Joss Whedon Buffy Spike Woman Bloody Hell

Nobody ever called me any OH MY GOD you mean that guy that one that set himself on FIRE!""As I said, fanatics.""But he set himself on fire!""Centuries of useless, obsessive waiting. Makes a human-""HE SET HIMSELF ON FIRE!"Maybe he was cold. By Joss Whedon Fire Centuries Set Fanatics God

You're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater. By Joss Whedon Hell Level Burn Special Theater

Because obsession is the thing in us that makes us not everybody else. By Joss Whedon Obsession Thing Makes

A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend By Joss Whedon Friend Vague Disclaimer

I have a desperate longing to have a desperate longing By Joss Whedon Desperate Longing

Okay, uh, I'm lost. I'm angry. And I'm armed. By Joss Whedon Lost Angry Armed

It's not any huge secret that I'm an atheist. By Joss Whedon Atheist Huge Secret

Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much.Mal: It's enough - from Firefly By Joss Whedon Mal Simon Flying Firefly Muchmal

The networks have a particular agenda, a particular model and structure. It doesn't have anything to do with content. This is not a dis on them - they are a business model, run by business people. By Joss Whedon Agenda Structure Networks Model Business

Running a TV show is always running a TV show; it's never not running a TV show. By Joss Whedon Running Show

Every time somebody opens their mouth they have an opportunity to do one of two things - connect or divide. By Joss Whedon Things Connect Divide Time Opens

We need narrative; it feeds us in a particular way, and deconstructing it completely before you've actually experienced it, I think it leaves us unfed. By Joss Whedon Narrative Unfed Feeds Deconstructing Completely

My mom and dad were divorced, and although they got along very well, my mom thought American television was reprehensible, so I was raised on the BBC. I kind of agreed with her. We watched American news, though. By Joss Whedon Bbc Mom American Divorced Reprehensible

Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck. By Joss Whedon Occasionally Attention Life Suck Pay

I'm very much more interested in the created family than I am in actual families. By Joss Whedon Families Interested Created Family Actual

I respect television in a way that some people who came out of film might not. By Joss Whedon Respect Television People Film

The people who feel the most strongly about something will turn on you the most vociferously if they feel you've let them down. By Joss Whedon Feel People Strongly Turn Vociferously

Don't just be yourself. Be all of your selves. By Joss Whedon

Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace. By Joss Whedon Peace Acceptance Part

Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. We live in a space ship, dear. By Joss Whedon Psychic Dear Fiction Ship Sounds

You can't take the sky from me. By Joss Whedon Sky

The thing with the comics is that you have license to go down every alley your brain can think of. By Joss Whedon Thing Comics License Alley Brain

I have had a dream my whole life ... and it was not this good. By Joss Whedon Life Good Dream

The rules are very important in a horror movie. By Joss Whedon Movie Rules Important Horror

I don't think I'm like Shakespeare. By Joss Whedon Shakespeare

In TV, there's so much compromise, it does start to grate a bit. But if you're a writer or an actor, it really is the place to be. By Joss Whedon Compromise Bit Start Grate Actor

War is not just the business of death, it is the antitheses of life. By Joss Whedon War Death Life Business Antitheses

I'm not a leader now. I'm a whole damn army. By Joss Whedon Leader Army Damn

I get recognized just often enough to keep my ego bouncing along, but not so much that I can't go places. By Joss Whedon Places Recognized Ego Bouncing

Part of making TV is the process - you just have to churn it out. By Joss Whedon Part Process Making Churn

Everything I do is going to contain the message that men who are going to be comfortable with powerful women are going to be more powerful men By Joss Whedon Men Powerful Message Comfortable Women

I don't believe in creating exclusionary art. By Joss Whedon Art Creating Exclusionary

Every writer loves the idea of being able to go in and fix a problem and then leave without obligation. It's fun! By Joss Whedon Obligation Writer Loves Idea Fix

It's very important that we start creating new content again. We can only build on nostalgia so much before we have nothing left to build on. By Joss Whedon Important Start Creating Content Build

I tend to tell stories that have a lot of momentum; it's not like 'and then months later ... ' I like things where the momentum of one action rolls into the next one so everything is the sum of that. By Joss Whedon Momentum Tend Stories Lot Months

You think we're dancing?" "That's all we've ever done. By Joss Whedon Dancing

A great scientist is more open to a new idea than almost anybody. By Joss Whedon Great Scientist Open Idea

There's no fuzzy middle ground. You either believe that women are people or you don't. It's that simple. By Joss Whedon Ground Fuzzy Middle Simple Women

I'm a science fiction geek from birth - that's just who I am. By Joss Whedon Birth Science Fiction Geek

You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all. By Joss Whedon Writing Write

If I had created reality television I would have had a much greater influence, but then I would have had to KILL MYSELF. By Joss Whedon Kill Influence Created Reality Television

I don't think I'm a celebrity. Maybe I'm a cult figure? By Joss Whedon Celebrity Figure Cult

I used to write chronologically when I started, from beginning to end. Eventually I went, 'That's absurd; my heart is in this one scene, therefore I must follow it.' By Joss Whedon Started End Write Chronologically Beginning

I was raised by a hardcore feminist. By Joss Whedon Feminist Raised Hardcore

Contradiction is the seed of conciousness. I knew, from the pain of contradiction, that I was. And what I was. By Joss Whedon Conciousness Contradiction Seed Knew Pain

If you can't do something smart, do something right. By Joss Whedon Smart

I write to give myself strength. By Joss Whedon Strength Write Give

You can't be a storyteller and a speechwriter at the same time. By Joss Whedon Time Storyteller Speechwriter

Horror movies don't exist unless you go and see them, and people always will. By Joss Whedon Horror Movies Exist People

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there. By Joss Whedon Loneliness Scariest Thing

In production, in the first couple of weeks of production, that it was more like making an internet musical. By Joss Whedon Production Musical Couple Weeks Making

Can't stop the signal By Joss Whedon Signal Stop

Soon, I will be 'King of all Hollywoodland.' By Joss Whedon King Hollywoodland

Every day's a negotiation and sometimes it's done with guns. By Joss Whedon Guns Day Negotiation

You can either watch TV or you can make TV. By Joss Whedon Watch Make

I'm not big on regret; I don't spend a lot of time on it. By Joss Whedon Regret Big Spend Lot Time

What you cut out becomes part of the story you tell. By Joss Whedon Cut Part Story

The goal is always about the next story. It's always about the thing I haven't done before. It's about learning, or it's about becoming better, and it's about whatever story grabs hold of me. By Joss Whedon Goal Story Thing Learning Grabs

The news isn't there to tell you what happened. It's there to tell you what it wants you to hear or what it thinks you want to hear. By Joss Whedon Happened Hear

Every kid who hated grownups becomes a grownup. Well, except the ones who died. By Joss Whedon Kid Hated Grownups Grownup Died

Don't give me songs, give me something to sing about! By Joss Whedon Give Songs Sing

Every vampire fiction reinvents vampires to its own needs. You take what you want. By Joss Whedon Fiction Reinvents Vampire Vampires

I always watch what I say. I am what I say. By Joss Whedon Watch

I set out in television with one simple goal: to purchase a Russian bride. Didn't work out. Immigration stuff - it's complicated. By Joss Whedon Russian Goal Bride Set Television

I usually write things in my head before I ever write them down. When I write it out, usually I've already figured out what it is I'm trying to do. By Joss Whedon Write Things Head Figured

A writer is supposed to have anonymity. By Joss Whedon Anonymity Writer Supposed

To accept duality is to earn identity. By