Quotes by Joss Whedon

“I walk. I talk. I shop. I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out, and I don't sleep on a bed of bones.”

“I hope Im being clear, I didnt say I hate feminists, that would be weird. I said I hate feminist. Im talking about the word.I have the privilege living my life inside of words and part of being a w...”

“Spike: Bloody hell, woman, you're cutting off my circulation!Buffy: You don't have any circulation.Spike: Well, it pinches”

“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. ”

“People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.”

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

“Dont give people what they want, give them what they need.”

“You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all.”

“In my generation, there was a single girl given the strength and skill to fight the spread of darkness...but in your generation, there are nearly two thousand with the powers of the slayer, and not...”

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

“It is the most fun Im ever going to have. I love to write. I love it. I mean, theres nothing in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably because Im so very bad at it. Its the greate...”

“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 ot...”

“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 hidin...”

“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 wa...”

“Because its no longer enough to be a decent person. Its no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humani...”

“I also don't trust Caribou anymore. They're out there, on the tundra, waiting... Something's going down. I'm right about this.”

“River Tam (Summer Glau): No power in the 'verse can stop me.”

“She's terse. I can be terse. Once, in flight school, I was laconic.”

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

“Wanna know what a bullet feels like, Warren? A real one? Its not like in the comicsI think you need to. Feel itIts not going to make a neat little hole. First - itll obliterate your internal organs...”