You Quotes by Joss Whedon

That's the great thing about 'The West Wing:' you really felt like you were in the thick of it.

— Joss Whedon

Part of making TV is the process - you just have to churn it out.

— Joss Whedon

When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?'

— Joss Whedon

The thing with the comics is that you have license to go down every alley your brain can think of.

— Joss Whedon

You learn something every time you make a mistake.

— Joss Whedon

I never give up on anything, because you come back around, and suddenly the thing you thought you'd never do is relevant.

— Joss Whedon

I would love to give you a more in-depth coherent explanation of my view of the soul, and if I had one…

— Joss Whedon

I always believe in just have as much fun as you can so that when you're in the part that you hate,…

— Joss Whedon

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

The more you can create a structure by which people live in a fantastical situation and by which they will act, and…

— Joss Whedon

Especially, I think, living in any fantasy or science fiction world means really understanding what you're seeing and reading really densely on…

— Joss Whedon

TV does a thing that film can never do. It takes you to a place that no novel written after the late…

— Joss Whedon

'Buffy' is about growing up. 'Angel' is really about already having grown up, dealing with what you've done, and redemption.

— Joss Whedon

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

I have abused language. I love it, and I abuse it... I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do.…

— Joss Whedon

I never tire of the heroes that I knew growing up. The fun is not that much different from doing a television…

— Joss Whedon

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

I spent a ton of time alone. I was raised by a feminist; I had a terrifying father and oppressively scary and…

— Joss Whedon

I am not a fan of referencing your own work when it's in a different universe than what you're doing. That, to…

— Joss Whedon

The people who feel the most strongly about something will turn on you the most vociferously if they feel you've let them…

— Joss Whedon