All Joss Whedon Quotes
- What I love most about icons is finding out what's behind them, exploring the price of their power. Behind
- When I was a kid, maybe 11, I remember saying, 'When I grow up I wanna have enough money to buy a really cool car,… Buy
- When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life. Fill
- Who is to say who is the villain and who is the hero? Probably the dictionary. Dictionary
- You can't be a storyteller and a speechwriter at the same time. Funny
- You know, the thing that I do to waste time is think of things I want to make. That's how my mind is employed. Employed
- As far as I am concerned, the first episode of Buffy was the beginning of my career. It was the first time I told a… Beginning
- Every time you work on a project, it's a little vacation from the project you're working on the other 23 hours. That's the thing -… Every Time
- I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it done, and there… Audience
- People used to laugh that academics would study Disney movies. There's nothing more important for academics to study, because they shape the minds of our… Academics
- The two things that matter the most to me: emotional resonance and rocket launchers. Party of Five, a brilliant show, and often made me cry… Brilliant
- There are two things that I cannot resist: one is musicals and the other is a spaceship in trouble. But I am smart enough not… Cannot Resist
- When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men that… Attracted
- An audience who watches my shows knows who I am, knows that right when they think I'm going to make a joke, I'm going to… Audience
- Everybody who labels themselves a 'nerd' isn't some giant person locked in a cubbyhole who's never seen the opposite sex. Especially with the way the… Definition
- Everything I write tends to turn into a superhero team, even if I didn't mean for it to. I always start off wanting to be… Always End
- I always enjoy conversation more if there is some substance to it - which is a just incredibly hilarious thing for me to say because… Always Enjoy
- I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved. Because… Adolescence
- I did my English A level in England, and we studied Shakespeare. I had great, great high school teachers, and we parsed the text within… England
- I do listen to music. Movie scores, exclusively, because it's all about mood and nonspecificity. I love the way modern movie scoring is all about… All
- I don't know a lot of show runners. I mean I met a lot of them in picket lines. I'm not part of a, like,… Basketball
- I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in… Bent
- I find that when you read a script, or rewrite something, or look at something that's been gone over, you can tell, like rings on… Bad
- I tend to tell stories that have a lot of momentum; it's not like 'and then months later...' I like things where the momentum of… Action
- I think it's always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it's successful or made… Academics