Women all live a double standard. by Joss Whedon

Women all live a double standard.

Joss Whedon

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The first thing I ever thought of when I thought of Buffy , the movie, was the little...blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed, in every horror movie. The idea of Buffy was to subvert that idea, that image, and create someone who was a hero where she had always been a victim. That element of surprise ... genre-busting is very much at the heart of both the movie and the series.

girl hero heart

Horror movies don't exist unless you go and see them, and people... by Joss Whedon

Horror movies don't exist unless you go and see them, and people always will.

horror people

When you’re telling a story, you’re trying to connect to people in a particular way … The way in which you guys have inhabited this world, this universe, has made you part of it, part of the story. You are living in Firefly. When I see you guys, I don’t think the show is off the air. I don’t think there’s a show; I think that’s what the world is like. … The story is our lives.

firefly air thinking

The first lesson a watcher learns is to separate truth from illusion. Because in the world of magics, it's the hardest thing to do.

lessons world firsts

We have things to say about Congress and all of that. I think we may have our magnum opus coming yet. It's a piece called "Leonard" that I'm very excited about, and I think we're going to see a side of Chris Pine that people haven't really seen yet. That's all I'm going to say, but I'm proud of it.

pieces people thinking

Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never... by Joss Whedon

Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace.

acceptance

What Sarah brings to the part is her intelligence, at the same time, she's got that hormonal, idiosyncratic goofiness that makes Buffy not just the Terminator.

goofiness

I could not conceive that [fans] actually wanted me to sign something. It took a long time for me to figure out (a) just say 'Thank you' and sign the thing, and (b) smile in the picture, because if you try to just half-smile you're going to look constipated.

fans trying long

This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths – just because they can't think of an original idea of their own, like I did with my Avengers idea that I made up myself.

reflection ideas thinking

The misogyny that is in every culture 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's confronted with it.

balance soul men

Veronica solves little puzzles because she, like all of us, canno... by Joss Whedon

Veronica solves little puzzles because she, like all of us, cannot unravel the bigger ones.

solve bigger littles

I always enjoy conversation more if there is some substance to it - which is a just incredibly hilarious thing for me to say because for many, many years I was the guy whose only contribution to any conversation was, 'There was a funny 'Simpson's' joke about that.'

guy substance years

That wouldn't be a first, now would it?" "Jean." "Jean Grey is de... by Joss Whedon

That wouldn't be a first, now would it?" "Jean." "Jean Grey is dead, Agent." "Yeah, that'll last.

agents lasts firsts

I generally think that Hillary Clinton is a good egg and a good p... by Joss Whedon

I generally think that Hillary Clinton is a good egg and a good politician.

eggs politician thinking

My life has included a study of Shakespeare and to me it's very natural, but I know that it's not always accessible to other people.

study natural people

Stories come from violence, they come from sex. They come from death. They come from the dark places that everyone has to go to, kind of wants to, or doesn't, but needs to deal with. If you raise a kid to think everything is sunshine and flowers, they're going to get into the real world and die. That's the reason fairy tales are so creepy, because we need to encapsulate these things, to inoculate ourselves against them, so that when we're confronted by the genuine horror that is day-to-day life we don't go insane.

flower real sex

I always watch what I say. I am what I say. by Joss Whedon

I always watch what I say. I am what I say.

watches

There is always backlash. Everything gets backlash. by Joss Whedon

There is always backlash. Everything gets backlash.

backlash

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, secret society or pickup basketball game. As far as I'm concerned, pick-up basketball games are secret societies. They confuse me. I've never been a networker or I've never been very social.

basketball games mean

If somebody comes up to me, it's because they're moved by something I'm moved by. I've never taken a job I didn't love... So when somebody's coming up to me, or they're writing, they're in the same space I am in.

taken writing jobs