--- title: "20 Ifs Quotes By Joss Whedon" description: "20 Ifs quotes by Joss Whedon. Plus more from Joss Whedon and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/joss-whedon-480_beautiful_you-know-what-i-was-wrong-you-are-an-idi_270102.png" --- > [You know what? I was wrong. You are an idiot. My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/you-know-what-i-was-wrong-you-are-an-idiot-my-life-happens-to-on/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/joss-whedon-480_beautiful_you-know-what-i-was-wrong-you-are-an-idi_270102.png) > [Doctor, I'm taking your sister under my protection. If any thing happens to her, anything at all, I swear to you I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/doctor-i-m-taking-your-sister-under-my-protection-if-any-thing/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/joss-whedon-480_choked_doctor-i-m-taking-your-sister-under-my-p_640101.jpg) > [Let's put it this way: If a raccoon can carry a movie, then they believe maybe even a woman can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/let-s-put-it-this-way-if-a-raccoon-can-carry-a-movie-then-they/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c2/joss-whedon-480_believe_let-s-put-it-this-way-if-a-raccoon-can-c_2781999.png) > [If I had created reality television I would have had a much greater influence, but then I would have had to KILL…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/if-i-had-created-reality-television-i-would-have-had-a-much-greater/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/joss-whedon-480_greater_if-i-had-created-reality-television-i-wo_1622318.png) > [It's a fun thing to do, to put yourself in the service of something if you think you can add an interpretation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/it-s-a-fun-thing-to-do-to-put-yourself-in-the-service-of-something-if/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/joss-whedon-480_add_it-s-a-fun-thing-to-do-to-put-yourself-i_1777857.png) > [If I wrote what I really think, I would be so sad all the time. We create to fill a gap -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/if-i-wrote-what-i-really-think-i-would-be-so-sad-all-the-time-we/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/joss-whedon-480_death_if-i-wrote-what-i-really-think-i-would-b_583559.png) > [If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixion was actually there, it would've been like Woodstock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/if-every-vampire-who-said-he-was-at-the-crucifixion-was-actually/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/joss-whedon-480_buffy-the-vampire-sl_if-every-vampire-who-said-he-was-at-the_725423.png) > [If something isn't working, if you have a story that you've built and it's blocked and you can't figure it out, take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/if-something-isn-t-working-if-you-have-a-story-that-you-ve-built-and/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/joss-whedon-480_blocked_if-something-isn-t-working-if-you-have-a_3015580.png) > [ The fact that a TV star can become president should be old news since \[Ronald\] Reagan, and old news since the Nixon-Kennedy… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/the-fact-that-a-tv-star-can-become-president-should-be-old-news-since/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/joss-whedon-480_agree_the-fact-that-a-tv-star-can-become-presi_2761013.png) > [ I could not conceive that \[fans\] actually wanted me to sign something. It took a long time for me to figure out… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-could-not-conceive-that-fans-actually-wanted-me-to-sign-something/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/joss-whedon-480_fame_i-could-not-conceive-that-fans-actually_859386.jpg) > [If I find out I have to write today and nothing else, that’s a perfect day. I know a lot of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/if-i-find-out-i-have-to-write-today-and-nothing-else-that-s-a-perfect/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/joss-whedon-480_easy_if-i-find-out-i-have-to-write-today-and_2196303.png) > [If you're someone who genuinely believes that women don't deserve or aren't as much as men, you're like the plague. On the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/if-you-re-someone-who-genuinely-believes-that-women-don-t-deserve-or/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/joss-whedon-480_believe_if-you-re-someone-who-genuinely-believes_1266660.png) > [Somebody once asked me if I have anything like faith, and I said I have faith in the narrative. I have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/somebody-once-asked-me-if-i-have-anything-like-faith-and-i-said-i/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/joss-whedon-480_alive_somebody-once-asked-me-if-i-have-anythin_942349.png) > [If you have a good idea, get it out there. For every idea I’ve realized, I have ten I sat on for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/if-you-have-a-good-idea-get-it-out-there-for-every-idea-i-ve-realized/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/joss-whedon-480_decades_if-you-have-a-good-idea-get-it-out-there_773516.png) > [I go to movies expecting to have a whole experience. If I want a movie that doesn't end I'll go to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-go-to-movies-expecting-to-have-a-whole-experience-if-i-want-a-movie/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/joss-whedon-480_cinema_i-go-to-movies-expecting-to-have-a-whole_664643.png) > [Stories come from violence, they come from sex. They come from death. They come from the dark places that everyone has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/stories-come-from-violence-they-come-from-sex-they-come-from-death/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/joss-whedon-480_creepy_stories-come-from-violence-they-come-fro_1217583.jpg) > [I'm more intrigued by things that I haven't really conceived of yet. I have the luxury of being able to think: "I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-m-more-intrigued-by-things-that-i-haven-t-really-conceived-of-yet-i/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/joss-whedon-480_able_i-m-more-intrigued-by-things-that-i-have_2540188.png) > [Giles: Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower, or a a whiff of smoke can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/giles-smell-is-the-most-powerful-trigger-to-the-memory-there-is-a/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/joss-whedon-480_book_giles-smell-is-the-most-powerful-trigger_1836335.jpg) > [Basically that you can do anything. If you pool your resources,and just give up the idea that you're going to act like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/basically-that-you-can-do-anything-if-you-pool-your-resources-and/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/joss-whedon-480_actor_basically-that-you-can-do-anything-if-yo_2245364.jpg) > [I'm the least confident person in so many ways. But I believed that if somebody gave me the chance to tell a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-m-the-least-confident-person-in-so-many-ways-but-i-believed-that-if/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/joss-whedon-480_chance_i-m-the-least-confident-person-in-so-man_2000188.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Joss Whedon > [I do remember what I said. The promise. To protect her. If I'd done that ... even if I didn't make it, you wouldn't've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-do-remember-what-i-said-the-promise-to-protect-her-if-i-d-done-that/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [Every vampire fiction reinvents vampires to its own needs. You take what you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/every-vampire-fiction-reinvents-vampires-to-its-own-needs-you-take/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/when-you-re-making-a-film-you-have-an-obligation-to-fill-the-frame/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that’s overwhelmingly depressing to me, and sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/everything-we-do-really-is-just-a-little-marker-on-the-long-road-to/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [At the end of the day I have many answers for it. It has to do with my mom, who was an extraordinary woman,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/at-the-end-of-the-day-i-have-many-answers-for-it-it-has-to-do-with-my/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [“Why aren’t you asking a hundred other guys why they don’t write strong women characters? I believe that what I’m doing should not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/why-aren-t-you-asking-a-hundred-other-guys-why-they-don-t-write/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [People feel removed from sexism. 'I'm not a sexist, but I'm not a feminist.' They think there's this fuzzy middle ground. There's no fuzzy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/people-feel-removed-from-sexism-i-m-not-a-sexist-but-i-m-not-a/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [Even in the darkness, every color can be found. And every day of rain brings water flowing to things growing in the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/even-in-the-darkness-every-color-can-be-found-and-every-day-of-rain/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [I never tire of the heroes that I knew growing up. The fun is not that much different from doing a television show: You're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-never-tire-of-the-heroes-that-i-knew-growing-up-the-fun-is-not-that/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [Don't just be yourself. Be all of your selves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/don-t-just-be-yourself-be-all-of-your-selves/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [I always watch what I say. I am what I say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-always-watch-what-i-say-i-am-what-i-say/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/remember-to-always-be-yourself-unless-you-suck/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [I've become less cynical, which is appalling but kind of cool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-ve-become-less-cynical-which-is-appalling-but-kind-of-cool/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [“Xander: It could be witches, some evil witches, which is ridiculous cause witched they were persecuted, women power, love the eatrh, and I'll be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/xander-it-could-be-witches-some-evil-witches-which-is-ridiculous/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) > [There's a lot of anger in the Twitter-verse, as I've discovered. But there's a lot of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/there-s-a-lot-of-anger-in-the-twitter-verse-as-i-ve-discovered-but/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/joss-whedon/#itemlist", "name": "20 Ifs Quotes By Joss Whedon", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know what? I was wrong. You are an idiot. My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. 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