Joss Whedon Quotes

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.

Seven years, Dawn. Working with the Slayer. Seeing my friends get more and more powerful... a witch. A demon. Hell, I could fit Oz in my shaving kit, but come a full moon, he had a wolfy mojo not to b...

Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other...

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

I always was an early-morning or late-night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And at four in the morning, you make up some of your most absurd jokes.

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

If the apocalypse comes...beep me!

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...

He's like Super Librarian, y'know? Everyone forgets, Willow, that knowledge is the ultimate weapon.

If every vampire who said he was at The Crucifixion, was actually there, it would have been like Woodstock . . .

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

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.

Everyone has their first date and the object is to hide your flaws. And then you're in a relationship, and it's all about hiding your disappointment. And then, once you're married, it's about hiding y...

Well, I guess I kinda worked it out. If there's no great glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters... , then all that matters is what we do. 'Cause that's all there is. What we do. Now. Today...

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

Shiny, let's be bad guys!

Wherever I was, I was happy. At peace. I knew that everyone I cared about was all right. I knew it. Time didn't mean anything, nothing had form but I was still me, you know? And I was warm and I was l...

You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.

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

Tonight sucks. And look at me. Look at - look at stupid Buffy. Too dumb for college, and-and-and freak Buffy, too strong for construction work. And-and my job at the magic shop? I was bored to tears e...