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.

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.

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.

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

I think that one thing fiction can offer, and must offer, is a place where someone's mind and their imagination can come to rest for a little while.

They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.

The path which we believe in is the path of love; it has all the goodness of God in it-calmness and kindness.

Nor can one word be chang'd but for a worse.

I feel like every time you get to make a sequel, it's a privilege. It means that people have embraced it and want the journey to continue.

Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as 'Pass the salt' It's a secret, direct prayer language to God.

Working hard and appreciating the accomplishments that have come from that keeps me grounded.

You have to be careful of people who like to talk a big game but can't back it up.

I can make a scene that's not supposed to be sexy, very sexy. It's a power you're born with. It's not a physical thing, it comes from inside. It's all in the eyes.

You can only do so much theatre.