Quotes from Joss Whedon

Everything I write tends to turn into a superhero team, even if I didn't mean for it to. I always start off wanting to be solitary, because a) it's simpler, and b) that isolation is something that I relate to as a storyteller. And then no matter what, I always end up with a team.

When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men that not only have no problem with the idea of a female leader, but were in fact engaged and even attracted to the idea.

I love a straightforward character. I am the guy who loves Cyclops on the 'X-Men', because he is square.

I think Spider-Man [film], the first one particularly, really figured out the formula of, "Oh, tell the story that they told in the comic. It was compelling. That's why it's iconic."

I'm a very gentle man, not unlike Gandhi.

My favorite part of Comic-Con? The groupies. Man, they have loose morals, really. Men, women, I'm just saying that it gets weird on Sunday night. No, that's sadly never happened.

My mom is a teacher, my dad was a writer for television, his dad was a writer for television, and combining those two has been sort of the goal of my life.

When I was a kid, maybe 11, I remember saying, 'When I grow up I wanna have enough money to buy a really cool car, because I won't.'

You can't take the sky from me.

This voting thing is actually beautiful. Not just necessary - it's a wonderful thing and it makes you powerful. And we've forgotten that in the most negative [president's] campaign in history.

I didn't know feminism was actually a thing until I left home and found out the country didn't run the way my mom's house did.

The Hulk is like a haiku; you've got to find just the right words. I think, and I hope, we did that with The Avengers.

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

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

Why anybody gets my sense of humor I never know, but I do know that when they do, I keep them as close as I possibly can.

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

The first lesson a watcher learns is to separate truth from illusion. Because in the world of magicks, it's the hardest thing to do.

Why do you write strong female characters?Because you're still asking me that question.

To forgive is an act of compassion... It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it.

My mom and dad were divorced, and although they got along very well, my mom thought American television was reprehensible, so I was raised on the BBC. I kind of agreed with her. We watched American news, though.

An audience who watches my shows knows who I am, knows that right when they think I'm going to make a joke, I'm going to blow something up, or during the worst peril, I'm going to have someone give someone a kiss - it's just going to happen.

The problem for me is that 'Watchmen,' one of the great comics of all time, is a look at superheroes that has gone beyond the concept of or necessity for superheroes.

I kept telling my mom that reading comic books would pay off.