Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Those of us who write spend our entire lives in an endless English class. — 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 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
When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?' — 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've been in this business for a long while, but it's not like I've been waiting tables. Since I started writing, I've… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
People always say I write a lot of pop culture references. Can somebody please count the pop culture references in 'Firefly?' Because… — 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
I go to movies expecting to have a whole experience. If I want a movie that doesn't end I'll go to a… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
If you have a good idea, get it out there. For every idea I’ve realized, I have ten I sat on for… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I tried to write a TV series, and then I discovered first of all that I love writing more than anything on… — 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
Everything I write tends to turn into a superhero team, even if I didn't mean for it to. I always start off… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
My first gig ever was writing looplines for a movie that had already been made. You know, writing lines over somebody's back… — 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
Limitations are something that I latch onto - like working in genre, or if you're writing TV, there are act breaks, there's… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail.… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need… — 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… — 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
I didn't study writing. I didn't write anything substantial until I got to California. — 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
Oddly enough, I never studied writing. I studied almost everything except writing. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
It's very important that we start creating new content again. We can only build on nostalgia so much before we have nothing… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
My dad would go to work every day and write in a room full of funny people. He enjoyed it. I know… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I do have screenplays I've written that never saw the light of day, but I don't usually go back to them. When… — 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 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
