Jane Espenson Professions : Television writer Born : July 14, 1964 Browse All Authors Top 23 quotes by Jane Espenson If we can't write diversity into sci-fi, then what's the point? You don't create new worlds to give them all the same limits of the old ones. Jane Espenson diversity writing giving I think we should all start worrying about being downloaded and put in robots. Jane Espenson robots worry thinking You are full of love. You love with all of your soul. It's brighter than the fire ... blinding. That's why you pull away from it ... Love is pain ... Love ... give ... forgive. Risk the pain. It is your nature. Jane Espenson pain love-you love-is I saw it on the Twitter of today, on the online boards. There was a huge amount of negative reaction that's been forgotten because the quality eventually shined through. But usually it takes people a while to see what they've got on their plate. And I think, with "Jessica Jones," it's this anomalous thing where, and because of the original property being so good, people saw it right away, which is very unusual. Jane Espenson quality people thinking Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence. Think about it. People aren't out to get you, they're just stupid. Jane Espenson stupid people thinking Luck is opportunity plus preparation plus luck. Jane Espenson preparation luck opportunity I recently had to wait two and a half hours in a doctor's office, just waiting to be seen. I literally was genuinely thinking 'Well, maybe this is a time loop.' Jane Espenson doctors two thinking I think people look back on shows like "Firefly" or "Buffy," and they remember it with this glow about it of positive response, but if you look back... If Twitter had existed, there would have been a lot of negative tweeting about "Firefly." Jane Espenson firefly people thinking It is possible to care too much. It is possible to believe that you will never be as good as anyone else. And it is possible to let these things take over. Jane Espenson care too-much believe Mercy is the mark of a great man! (stabs defeated opponent) I guess I'm just a good man. (stabs opponent again) Well ... I'm alright. Jane Espenson good-man opponents men Any story worth telling relates to real life in some meaningful way. Scifi allows you to tell meaningful stories without seeming too preachy - it adds a metaphorical layer between the story and the real world. Scifi is dismissed as ungrounded fluff, but it's actually the opposite. Jane Espenson real opposites meaningful Melissa [ Rosenberg] really has mastered coming from character. Everything radiates from the characters in this work. You don't feel like anything's imposed. Jane Espenson melissa feels character I watch a lot of TV, but I find that recently it's largely oddball stuff. Scripted stuff sometimes feels like homework, like I'm scoping out the competition or something. Jane Espenson competition stuff watches Movies are always made by committees, and the writer is not at the head of the committee. Thus, mush. Jane Espenson committees made I hope I am pigeonholed with comedy. I'm really not interested in writing the darker stuff, the emotional stuff. Jane Espenson emotional stuff writing If something needed to be written, if something needed to be polished, needed to be re-written, I was just handed pages. Jane Espenson polished pages needed In the case of judges, I wouldn't be shocked to find out the number on television exceeds the number in real life — what is it about those black robes that makes us think ovaries? Jane Espenson real numbers thinking The outside world is what kept Buffy and Angel from being together. Jane Espenson angel together world We had all been feeling this, about the Buffy/Riley relationship. It never had the fire that Buffy/Angel did. It wasn't really meant to. Jane Espenson angel fire feelings I know I'm not great at structure and story. Jane Espenson structure stories knows Similar Authors Brad Falchuk television-writer Bridget Carpenter television-writer Andrew Kreisberg television-writer Amy Sherman-Palladino television-writer Alec Sulkin television-writer Adrian Hodges television-writer All Authors
