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.

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.

He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.

Even when she walks one would believe that she dances.

Writing is the starting point from which all goodness (and crappiness) flows.

No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.

As all truth is from God, it necessarily follows that true science and true religion can never be at variance.

It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.

Is it better to outmonster the monsters or to be quietly devoured?

My poor mother. Every time I get a job she asks, "Am I gonna have to watch you kiss someone again in this one?" and I say, "You're probably gonna have to watch me kiss someone in most of them, Mom."

I did not grow up in the church. I'm not a church-goer now. I'm a very spiritual person.

We're in an era in which we want to believe people have roughly equal potential. IQ gives the lie to that.