Writing is the greatest thing that can happen to a human being. It's the best.

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.

Those who do not think that employment is systemic slavery are either blind or employed.

Dare to learn.Dare to relearn.Dare to outlearn.

It would be a dreadful thing to tell anyone about it, for it would destroy some fragile structure of truth. It was truth that might be shattered by division.

Man is a social animal.

Common sense means living in the world as it is today; but creative people are people who don't want the world as it is today but want to make another world.

I switch between fixed forms and free verse often, and enjoy being a poet who can "swing both ways," so to speak.

Gadfangled girl things, always robbed me of my common sense.

Good is no good, but if it be spend, God giveth good for none other end.

Ambition is only vanity ennobled.

The best drink I've ever had was a mojito in St. Barts at Nikki Beach. That drink changed my life.