--- title: "9 Seeing Quotes By Joss Whedon" description: "9 Seeing quotes by Joss Whedon. Plus more from Joss Whedon and more Seeing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/joss-whedon-480_absolutes_the-absolute-favorite-part-of-comic-con_3007939.jpg" --- > [The absolute favorite part of Comic-Con is seeing like a Mass Effect guy hanging out with a Sailor Moon, and they're just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/the-absolute-favorite-part-of-comic-con-is-seeing-like-a-mass-effect/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/joss-whedon-480_absolutes_the-absolute-favorite-part-of-comic-con_3007939.jpg) > [I'm Joan of Arc. I figured we had a lot in common, seeing as how I was almost burned at the stake.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-m-joan-of-arc-i-figured-we-had-a-lot-in-common-seeing-as-how-i-was/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/joss-whedon-480_arcs_i-m-joan-of-arc-i-figured-we-had-a-lot-i_1726408.png) > [Especially, I think, living in any fantasy or science fiction world means really understanding what you're seeing and reading really densely on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/especially-i-think-living-in-any-fantasy-or-science-fiction-world/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/joss-whedon-480_any_especially-i-think-living-in-any-fantasy_2514966.png) > [My absolute favorite part of Comic-Con is seeing, like, a 'Mass Effect' guy hanging out with a 'Sailor Moon,' and they're just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/my-absolute-favorite-part-of-comic-con-is-seeing-like-a-mass-effect/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/joss-whedon-480_absolute_my-absolute-favorite-part-of-comic-con-i_3160847.jpg) > [I just love language. I mean, I love it. I love stage directions. Any opportunity to write. I hadn't written in so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-just-love-language-i-mean-i-love-it-i-love-stage-directions-any/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/joss-whedon-480_any_i-just-love-language-i-mean-i-love-it-i_2361900.png) > [Women all live a double standard, but this is actually sort of a beautifully grotesque parody of it. There's a weird kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/women-all-live-a-double-standard-but-this-is-actually-sort-of-a/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/joss-whedon-480_bullshit_women-all-live-a-double-standard-but-thi_817850.png) > [“Seven years, Dawn. Working with the Slayer. Seeing my friends get more and more powerful... a witch. A demon. Hell, I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/seven-years-dawn-working-with-the-slayer-seeing-my-friends-get-more/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/joss-whedon-480_buffy-the-vampire-sl_seven-years-dawn-working-with-the-slayer_1305645.jpg) > [I went to Berlin and Warsaw and Kraków to do research. Right after we got started, I had already booked this trip,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-went-to-berlin-and-warsaw-and-krak-w-to-do-research-right-after-we/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/joss-whedon-480_berlin_i-went-to-berlin-and-warsaw-and-krak-w-t_1943101.png) > [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) ## Other authors on Seeing ## 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/seeing/joss-whedon/#itemlist", "name": "9 Seeing Quotes By Joss Whedon", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The absolute favorite part of Comic-Con is seeing like a Mass Effect guy hanging out with a Sailor Moon, and they're just having a great time. 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