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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 not only have no problem with the idea of a female leader, but were in fact engaged and even attracted to the idea.


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JOSS WHEDON I don't know a lot of show runners. I mean I met a lot of them in picket lines. I'm not part...
JOSS WHEDON He's like Super Librarian, y'know? Everyone forgets, Willow, that knowledge is the ultimate weapon.
JOSS WHEDON I am not a fan of referencing your own work when it's in a different universe than what you'...
JOSS WHEDON Every vampire fiction reinvents vampires to its own needs. You take what you want.
JOSS WHEDON I go to movies expecting to have a whole experience. If I want a movie that doesn't end, I'l...
JOSS WHEDON That's the great thing about 'The West Wing:' you really felt like you were in the thick...
JOSS WHEDON I've never met a well-adjusted person. It's weird.
JOSS WHEDON I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at th...
JOSS WHEDON Nobody treating us like kids. For once, we gt to be equals, not babies. Could use more of that in th...
JOSS WHEDON I've got a theory, it could be bunnies...

I've got a theor-

Bunnies aren't jus...
JOSS WHEDON There are two things that I cannot resist: one is musicals and the other is a spaceship in trouble. ...
JOSS WHEDON Sarah Michelle Gellar's made some really good choices. She's had some bad breaks. She goes w...
JOSS WHEDON I always enjoy conversation more if there is some substance to it - which is a just incredibly hilar...
JOSS WHEDON I was never a games night guy, but at some point, social interaction starts to freak me out. So when...
JOSS WHEDON I'm never interested in movies where you don't care about the people you're watching, an...
JOSS WHEDON The news isn't there to tell you what happened. It's there to tell you what it wants you to hear or ...
JOSS WHEDON In my generation, there was a single girl given the strength and skill to fight the spread of darkne...
JOSS WHEDON I did my English A level in England, and we studied Shakespeare. I had great, great high school teac...
JOSS WHEDON My absolute favorite part of Comic-Con is seeing, like, a 'Mass Effect' guy hanging out with...
JOSS WHEDON Everything is so fragile. There's so much conflict, so much pain...you keep waiting for the dust to ...
JOSS WHEDON All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check,...
JOSS WHEDON Time for some thrillin' heroics.
JOSS WHEDON Captain, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
JOSS WHEDON My people - before I was changed - they exchanged this as a sign of devotion. It's a Claddagh ring. ...
JOSS WHEDON Personally, the NSA collecting data on me freaks me out. It totally freaks me out. And yet I'm f...
JOSS WHEDON I'm sorry. But it's like you said, Emma...I don't have any claws.
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