--- title: "20 You Quotes By Joss Whedon" description: "20 You quotes by Joss Whedon. Plus more from Joss Whedon and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/joss-whedon-480_about_that-s-the-great-thing-about-the-west-wi_3066957.png" --- > [That's the great thing about 'The West Wing:' you really felt like you were in the thick of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/that-s-the-great-thing-about-the-west-wing-you-really-felt-like-you/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/joss-whedon-480_about_that-s-the-great-thing-about-the-west-wi_3066957.png) > [Part of making TV is the process - you just have to churn it out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/part-of-making-tv-is-the-process-you-just-have-to-churn-it-out/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/joss-whedon-480_just_part-of-making-tv-is-the-process-you-jus_3038107.png) > [When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/when-people-say-to-me-why-are-you-so-good-at-writing-at-women-i-say/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbe/joss-whedon-480_everybody_when-people-say-to-me-why-are-you-so-goo_1753589.png) > [The thing with the comics is that you have license to go down every alley your brain can think of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/the-thing-with-the-comics-is-that-you-have-license-to-go-down-every/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a0/joss-whedon-480_alley_the-thing-with-the-comics-is-that-you-ha_2562016.png) > [You learn something every time you make a mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/you-learn-something-every-time-you-make-a-mistake/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/joss-whedon-480_education_you-learn-something-every-time-you-make_1998694.png) > [I never give up on anything, because you come back around, and suddenly the thing you thought you'd never do is relevant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-never-give-up-on-anything-because-you-come-back-around-and-suddenly/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2a/joss-whedon-480_anything_i-never-give-up-on-anything-because-you_1975543.png) > [I would love to give you a more in-depth coherent explanation of my view of the soul, and if I had one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-would-love-to-give-you-a-more-in-depth-coherent-explanation-of-my/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/joss-whedon-480_anybody_i-would-love-to-give-you-a-more-in-depth_2391643.jpg) > [I always believe in just have as much fun as you can so that when you're in the part that you hate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-always-believe-in-just-have-as-much-fun-as-you-can-so-that-when-you/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/joss-whedon-480_always_i-always-believe-in-just-have-as-much-fu_3027987.png) > [I always was an early-morning or late-night writer. Early morning was my favorite; late night was because you had a deadline. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-always-was-an-early-morning-or-late-night-writer-early-morning-was/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/joss-whedon-480_absurd_i-always-was-an-early-morning-or-late-ni_238199.png) > [The more you can create a structure by which people live in a fantastical situation and by which they will act, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/the-more-you-can-create-a-structure-by-which-people-live-in-a/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/joss-whedon-480_act_the-more-you-can-create-a-structure-by-w_2720674.png) > [Especially, I think, living in any fantasy or science fiction world means really understanding what you're seeing and reading really densely on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/especially-i-think-living-in-any-fantasy-or-science-fiction-world/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/joss-whedon-480_any_especially-i-think-living-in-any-fantasy_2514966.png) > [TV does a thing that film can never do. It takes you to a place that no novel written after the late…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/tv-does-a-thing-that-film-can-never-do-it-takes-you-to-a-place-that/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/joss-whedon-480_19th-century_tv-does-a-thing-that-film-can-never-do-i_1740537.png) > ['Buffy' is about growing up. 'Angel' is really about already having grown up, dealing with what you've done, and redemption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/buffy-is-about-growing-up-angel-is-really-about-already-having-grown/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/joss-whedon-480_about_buffy-is-about-growing-up-angel-is-reall_575968.png) > [My first gig ever was writing looplines for a movie that had already been made. You know, writing lines over somebody's back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/my-first-gig-ever-was-writing-looplines-for-a-movie-that-had-already/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/joss-whedon-480_add_my-first-gig-ever-was-writing-looplines_1052103.jpg) > [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) > [I never tire of the heroes that I knew growing up. The fun is not that much different from doing a television…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0e/joss-whedon-480_away_i-never-tire-of-the-heroes-that-i-knew-g_76740.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-ve-been-in-this-business-for-a-long-while-but-it-s-not-like-i-ve/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/joss-whedon-480_art_i-ve-been-in-this-business-for-a-long-wh_1329074.png) > [I spent a ton of time alone. I was raised by a feminist; I had a terrifying father and oppressively scary and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-spent-a-ton-of-time-alone-i-was-raised-by-a-feminist-i-had-a/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/960/joss-whedon-480_allowed_i-spent-a-ton-of-time-alone-i-was-raised_825198.png) > [I am not a fan of referencing your own work when it's in a different universe than what you're doing. That, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/i-am-not-a-fan-of-referencing-your-own-work-when-it-s-in-a-different/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/joss-whedon-480_actually_i-am-not-a-fan-of-referencing-your-own-w_2925702.jpg) > [The people who feel the most strongly about something will turn on you the most vociferously if they feel you've let them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/the-people-who-feel-the-most-strongly-about-something-will-turn-on/) [Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/joss-whedon-480_about_the-people-who-feel-the-most-strongly-ab_2292425.png) ## Other authors on You ## 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/you/joss-whedon/#itemlist", "name": "20 You Quotes By Joss Whedon", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's the great thing about 'The West Wing:' you really felt like you were in the thick of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joss Whedon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/that-s-the-great-thing-about-the-west-wing-you-really-felt-like-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/joss-whedon-480_about_that-s-the-great-thing-about-the-west-wi_3066957.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/joss-whedon-480_about_that-s-the-great-thing-about-the-west-wi_3066957.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/joss-whedon-480_about_that-s-the-great-thing-about-the-west-wi_3066957.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That's the great thing about 'The West Wing:' you really felt like you were in the thick of it.” — Joss Whedon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Part of making TV is the process - you just have to churn it out.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joss Whedon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/part-of-making-tv-is-the-process-you-just-have-to-churn-it-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/joss-whedon-480_just_part-of-making-tv-is-the-process-you-jus_3038107.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/joss-whedon-480_just_part-of-making-tv-is-the-process-you-jus_3038107.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/joss-whedon-480_just_part-of-making-tv-is-the-process-you-jus_3038107.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Part of making TV is the process - you just have to churn it out.” — Joss Whedon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' 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