Quotes from Joss Whedon

Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.

There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it's called 'fan fiction'.

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

Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.

Humor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don't forget food. You can go a week without laughing.

Recognizing power in another does not diminish your own.

Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.

You're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn.

So, why do you write these strong female characters? Because you're still asking me that question." [ Equality Now speech, May 15, 2006]

The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is.

If you can't run, you crawl. If you can't crawl-- you find someone to carry you.

There's a fine line between support and stalking and let's all stay on the right side of that.

Don't give people what they want, give them what they need.

All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet -- it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.

If you can't do something smart, do something right.

Faith in God means believing absolutely in something with no proof whatsoever. Faith in humanity means believing absolutely in something with a huge amount of proof to the contrary. We are the true believers.

I'd rather make a show 100 people need to see, than a show that 1000 people want to see.

You can't take the sky from me.

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Every day's a negotiation and sometimes it's done with guns.

I am a fan of sequels even though they are inevitably awful.

'The Dark Knight,' for me, has the same problem that every other 'Batman' movie has. It's not about Batman. I think Heath Ledger is just phenomenal and the character of the Joker is beautifully written. He has a particular philosophy that he carries throughout the movie. He has one of the best bad guy schemes.

There was a time before I felt I was a real writer, when I was a yarn spinner and I just wanted to tell story until it was over. But then there came a time where I was like, 'No, I want to understand something through writing this that I might have not understood before. I want people to come away with something to think about.'