Joss Whedon Quotes

Stay crunchy, even in milk.

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.

TV's like whitewater rafting: Without rocks, there wouldn't be rapids, and it wouldn't be as much fun.

I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar!

Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.

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.

If I kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.

Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace.

Don’t just be yourself. Be all of yourselves. Don’t just live. Be that other thing connected to death. Be life. Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.

Angelus: Now that's everything, huh? No weapons... No friends...No hope. Take all that away... and what's left? Buffy: Me.

Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck.

Humor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don't forget food. You can go a week without laughing.

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.

Let's put it this way: If a raccoon can carry a movie, then they believe maybe even a woman can.

I'm very much of the "make it dark, make it grim, make it tough", but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.

There’s a fine line between support and stalking and let’s all stay on the right side of that.

"Angel, when I look into the future, all I see is you! All I want is you." "I know the feeling."

Whatever makes you weird is probably your greatest asset.

Half of writing history is hiding the truth.

Recognizing power in another does not diminish your own.

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.

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.

People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.

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.

If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixion was actually there, it would've been like Woodstock.

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.

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.

People only respond to fear.

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.

I don't want the giant ego. I don't want to become Kevin Costner, singing on the soundtrack to The Postman.

'The Sixth Sense' is fine the second time around, but honestly, the first time around, it's dazzling.

Who is to say who is the villain and who is the hero? Probably the dictionary.

If the apocalypse comes...beep me!

There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it’s called 'fan fiction'.

You can't take the sky from me.

I'd rather make a show 100 people need to see, than a show that 1000 people want to see.

I am a great believer in found families and I'm not a great believer in blood.

Everything is a drug. Family, art, causes, new shoes… We’re all just tweaking our chem to avoid the void.

I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion.

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.

To accept duality is to earn identity.

Absolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that.

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.

Love is for children. I owe him a debt.

If you can't do something smart, do something right.

You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.

You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all.

I'll take crazy over stupid any day.

If you're going to make a science fiction movie, then have a hover craft chase, for God's sake.

Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need.