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
For me, the act of telling the story and showing it to somebody is almost gravy. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Every writer loves the idea of being able to go in and fix a problem and then leave without obligation. It's fun! — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, I never studied writing. I studied almost everything except writing. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Writing is the greatest thing that can happen to a human being. It's the best. — 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
I used to write chronologically when I started, from beginning to end. Eventually I went, 'That's absurd; my heart is in this… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I always was an early-morning or late-night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I usually write things in my head before I ever write them down. When I write it out, usually I've already figured… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
My mom is a teacher, my dad was a writer for television, his dad was a writer for television, and combining those… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
If I find out I have to write today and nothing else, that’s a perfect day. I know a lot of people… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
If I wrote what I really think, I would be so sad all the time. We create to fill a gap -… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
It is the most fun I’m ever going to have. I love to write. I love it. I mean, there’s nothing in… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are a crazy person. We create conflict - for a living. We do… — 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
I always want to make sure I'm telling a story about people that I care about. — 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
