Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that’s overwhelmingly depressing to me,… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I really love `Serenity.' I'm really proud of it and excited to see it my guys on the big screen, bringing something… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
There's a reason Tony Stark makes fun of 'Thor,' and mentions 'Shakespeare' in the park in 'The Avengers.' It's great to play… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I tend to tell stories that have a lot of momentum; it's not like 'and then months later...' I like things where… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Stories come from violence, they come from sex. They come from death. They come from the dark places that everyone has to… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I think Spider-Man [film], the first one particularly, really figured out the formula of, "Oh, tell the story that they told in… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
There was a time before I felt I was a real writer, when I was a yarn spinner and I just wanted… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
We'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone. And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I'm the least confident person in so many ways. But I believed that if somebody gave me the chance to tell a… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
The goal is always about the next story. It's always about the thing I haven't done before. It's about learning, or it's… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
As far as I am concerned, the first episode of Buffy was the beginning of my career. It was the first time… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I don't have a particular ambition in any medium. I just want to keep telling stories. If somebody pays me, also good. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is fame predates even the age of cinema. There's always been fame, there's always been the caveman… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I always tend to think just left of center, to remove myself from the world by one step. It is very freeing,… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
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… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
No one's going to go see the story of Othello going to get a peaceful divorce. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
The fact that a TV star can become president should be old news since [Ronald] Reagan, and old news since the Nixon-Kennedy… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths-just… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
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… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
When you’re telling a story, you’re trying to connect to people in a particular way … The way in which you guys… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
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… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Every vampire fiction reinvents vampires to its own needs. You take what you want. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
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… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
At the end of the day I have many answers for it. It has to do with my mom, who was an extraordinary woman,… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“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… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
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… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Even in the darkness, every color can be found. And every day of rain brings water flowing to things growing in the ground. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
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… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image