Top 195 Quotes by Joss Whedon

About Joss Whedon

These are some quotes by American author Joss Whedon Writer, who was born on June 23, 1964.

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 a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why.

Joss Whedon

I was very proud of my father, and I admired him, but I always thought he was more interesting than the shows he was working on.

I was very proud of my father, and I admired him, but I always thought he was more interesting than the shows he was working on.

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I am not a fan of referencing your own work when it's in a different universe than what you're doing. That, to me, is a wink at the audience, and winking isn't actually cool when you're not, like, 10.

I am not a fan of referencing your own work when it's in a different universe than what you're doing. That, to me, is a wink at the audience, and winking isn't actually cool when you're not, like, 10.

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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.

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.

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I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of 'women are inferior.'

I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of 'women are inferior.'

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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 story from start to finish the way I wanted.

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 story from start to finish the way I wanted.

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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 stuck with a certain set of rules, and then, rather than trying to break them, it's just trying to peel away and see what's underneath them. That to me is really fun.

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I've often said there's no such thing as a track record in TV. I seen people who created things much more successful than mine treated like dirt.

I've often said there's no such thing as a track record in TV. I seen people who created things much more successful than mine treated like dirt.

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Oddly enough, I never studied writing. I studied almost everything except writing.

Oddly enough, I never studied writing. I studied almost everything except writing.

Joss Whedon

I was not popular in school, and I was definitely not a ladies' man. And I had a very painful adolescence, because it was all very strange to me. It wasn't like I got beat up, but the humiliation and isolation, and the existential 'God, I exist, and nobody cares' of being a teenager were extremely pronounced for me.

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