--- title: "21 Write Quotes By Joss Whedon" description: "21 Write quotes by Joss Whedon. Plus more from Joss Whedon and more Write sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/joss-whedon-480_afraid_i-write-to-explore-all-the-things-i-am-a_2799793.png" --- > [I write to explore all the things I am afraid of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-write-to-explore-all-the-things-i-am-afraid-of/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/joss-whedon-480_afraid_i-write-to-explore-all-the-things-i-am-a_2799793.png) > [I write to be the characters that I am not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-write-to-be-the-characters-that-i-am-not/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/joss-whedon-480_character_i-write-to-be-the-characters-that-i-am-n_2693040.png) > [I write to give myself strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-write-to-give-myself-strength/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/joss-whedon-480_giving_i-write-to-give-myself-strength-982118_982118.png) > [Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/write-it-shoot-it-publish-it-crochet-it-saut-it-whatever-make/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/joss-whedon-480_bad-ass_write-it-shoot-it-publish-it-crochet-it_1450702.png) > [I didn't study writing. I didn't write anything substantial until I got to California.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-didn-t-study-writing-i-didn-t-write-anything-substantial-until-i/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67c/joss-whedon-480_anything_i-didn-t-study-writing-i-didn-t-write-an_2578168.png) > [You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/you-either-have-to-write-or-you-shouldn-t-be-writing-that-s-all/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c5/joss-whedon-480_write_you-either-have-to-write-or-you-shouldn_2343076.png) > [I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-write-to-give-myself-strength-i-write-to-be-the-characters-that-i/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/joss-whedon-480_character_i-write-to-give-myself-strength-i-write_731194.png) > [When Roseanne read the first script of mine that got into her hands without being edited by someone else she said, 'How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/when-roseanne-read-the-first-script-of-mine-that-got-into-her-hands/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/joss-whedon-480_firsts_when-roseanne-read-the-first-script-of-m_2578215.jpg) > [My dad would go to work every day and write in a room full of funny people. He enjoyed it. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/my-dad-would-go-to-work-every-day-and-write-in-a-room-full-of-funny/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/joss-whedon-480_always_my-dad-would-go-to-work-every-day-and-wr_406340.png) > [I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-don-t-write-just-to-be-clever-but-sometimes-i-do-and-if-you-don-t/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7e/joss-whedon-480_bent_i-don-t-write-just-to-be-clever-but-some_1562719.png) > [I don't tend to write straight dramas where real life just impinges. But because I don't, when I do, it is very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-don-t-tend-to-write-straight-dramas-where-real-life-just-impinges/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/joss-whedon-480_absolute_i-don-t-tend-to-write-straight-dramas-wh_263366.png) > [I usually write things in my head before I ever write them down. When I write it out, usually I've already figured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-usually-write-things-in-my-head-before-i-ever-write-them-down-when/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/joss-whedon-480_before_i-usually-write-things-in-my-head-before_639489.png) > [I never write anything without humor, just because I like humor, but at the same time, it is a way for anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-never-write-anything-without-humor-just-because-i-like-humor-but-at/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/joss-whedon-480_anything_i-never-write-anything-without-humor-jus_2649377.png) > [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) > [I have abused language. I love it, and I abuse it... I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-have-abused-language-i-love-it-and-i-abuse-it-i-don-t-write-just-to/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1d/joss-whedon-480_abuse_i-have-abused-language-i-love-it-and-i-a_122427.png) > [It is the most fun I’m ever going to have. I love to write. I love it. I mean, there’s nothing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/it-is-the-most-fun-i-m-ever-going-to-have-i-love-to-write-i-love-it-i/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/joss-whedon-480_character_it-is-the-most-fun-i-m-ever-going-to-hav_2006262.png) > [I write for fanboy moments. I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-write-for-fanboy-moments-i-write-to-give-myself-strength-i-write-to/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/joss-whedon-480_character_i-write-for-fanboy-moments-i-write-to-gi_2151363.png) > [I used to write chronologically when I started, from beginning to end. Eventually I went, 'That's absurd; my heart is in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-used-to-write-chronologically-when-i-started-from-beginning-to-end/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcb/joss-whedon-480_absurd_i-used-to-write-chronologically-when-i-s_2637875.png) > [I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-love-to-write-i-love-it-i-mean-there-s-nothin-in-the-world-i-like/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/joss-whedon-480_mean_i-love-to-write-i-love-it-i-mean-there-s_2489474.png) > [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 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) ## Other authors on Write ## 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/write/joss-whedon/#itemlist", "name": "21 Write Quotes By Joss Whedon", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I write to explore all the things I am afraid of.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joss Whedon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-write-to-explore-all-the-things-i-am-afraid-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/joss-whedon-480_afraid_i-write-to-explore-all-the-things-i-am-a_2799793.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/joss-whedon-480_afraid_i-write-to-explore-all-the-things-i-am-a_2799793.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/joss-whedon-480_afraid_i-write-to-explore-all-the-things-i-am-a_2799793.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I write to explore all the things I am afraid of.” — Joss Whedon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I write to be the characters that I am not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joss Whedon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-write-to-be-the-characters-that-i-am-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/joss-whedon-480_character_i-write-to-be-the-characters-that-i-am-n_2693040.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/joss-whedon-480_character_i-write-to-be-the-characters-that-i-am-n_2693040.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e54/joss-whedon-480_character_i-write-to-be-the-characters-that-i-am-n_2693040.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I write to be the characters that I am not.” — Joss Whedon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I write to give myself strength.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joss Whedon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-write-to-give-myself-strength/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/joss-whedon-480_giving_i-write-to-give-myself-strength-982118_982118.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/joss-whedon-480_giving_i-write-to-give-myself-strength-982118_982118.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/joss-whedon-480_giving_i-write-to-give-myself-strength-982118_982118.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I write to give myself strength.” — Joss Whedon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Write it. 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