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.

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.

Battles are won in the Prayer Room!

Do not forget about the thorns on the roseswhen you say that love is like a red red rose.

'Tis what I love determines how I love.

As far as more recognition goes, I am happy with the amount of love and respect I have received from other artists and the public. Of course, I would love more, and think I deserve it.

As the saying goes, when you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Even the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner.

I think people would be surprised by his [Alessandro Michele] humility.

Some forms of truth are really forms of social power and oppression.

The desire for riches is more sharpened by their use than by their need. Pleasing all: a mark that can never be aimed at or hit.

I'm a very lucky man in this chapter of my professional life, 'cause I get to do jobs with wildly different skill sets.