A collection of quotes and sayings by Joss Whedon on individuality, writing, insanity, humor, stupidity, truth, freedom, fantasy, survival, wit and perspective.
Joss Whedon, born Joseph Hill Whedon, is a renowned American TV and film writer, director, producer, composer, and comic strip writer best known for his works such as ‘Avengers’, and ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’. In 1989, Joss started his career as a staff writer with ‘Roseanne and Parenthood’. He wrote the script for a Hollywood movie ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ in 1992. In 1995, Joss wrote the script of ‘Waterworld’ as well as co-wrote the blockbuster animated movie ‘Toy Story’. Joss got his massive break in 1997 with the creation of his maiden TV series ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. Joss also penned the script of the 1997 movie ‘Alien Resurrection’. Joss wrote and directed highly-acclaimed movie ‘Serenity’ released in 2005. In 2007, Joss directed two episodes of ‘The Office’ TV series. Joss is also the writer and director of Marvel Cinematic Universe ‘Avengers’ (2011), and ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ (2015). He is also the executive producer of three widely-watched TV series ‘Angel’, ‘Dollhouse’, and ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D’. We bring to you some quotations and thoughts in his own words that will give you a glimpse about the wit and intelligence of the distinguished writer. Here is a compilation of quotes and sayings by Joss Whedon.
People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.
You're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Joss Whedon
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn.
Every day's a negotiation and sometimes it's done with guns.
Joss Whedon
Faith in God means believing absolutely in something with no proof whatsoever. Faith in humanity means believing absolutely in something with a huge amount of proof to the contrary. We are the true believers.
Redemption is something you have to fight for in a very personal, down-dirty way. Some of our characters lose that, some stray from that, and some regain it.
Everyone has their first date and the object is to hide your flaws. And then you're in a relationship, and it's all about hiding your disappointment. And then, once you're married, it's about hiding your sins.
Sadly, I hate foreigners. And Americans. And animals. And flora, and some fauna. Also the magma that is the very core of this our mother earth. I'm full o' hate!
I mean, I knew I wasn't a nice person, but what did I do in my past life to deserve this? I must have hit a bus full of nuns while driving a stolen car on my way to selling drugs to schoolchildren!
Misogyny… is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who is confronted with it.
I walk. I talk. I shop. I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out, and I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Because obsession is the thing in us that makes us not everybody else.
Joss Whedon
Everything I do in its essence is about helplessness. That's the story I want to tell all the time. It's the story I wanted to live - somebody who appears to be, or is, weak becoming stronger.
: No power in the 'verse can stop me. )
