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.

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!

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.

Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.

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

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.

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

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

Don't ask too much for space. They grow into voids.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

We must escape our illusions of correctness to understand the actions and beliefs of others.

For reasons I do not fully understand, some power is released through setting positive goals that would otherwise remain dormant.

And you'll sit beside me, and we'll look, not at visions, but at realities.

There is a legacy of violence against native women that has gotten worse and worse over time.

They are works of art that can be considered works of art but don't have to be in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.

Peace is something that we become. Once we become peace, then only can we give peace to the world and receive peace from the world.

The principal instances of mass violence in the world today are those committed by governments within their own legally recognized borders.

Unless our ideas are questioned, they become part of the furniture of eternity.