->Some people have a gift of reaching right into your soul
->And finding the hole
->And [[BaitAndSwitchComment making it bigger]]
-->-- Reel Big Fish ''Drunk Again''

->People are ''always'' surprised when Joss kills characters. Come on man, look at the history; that guy loves to kill people! He loves to get you invested, he loves to get you all worked up, and rootin' for people, and then bam.
-->-- '''NathanFillion''' in the bonus features for WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog

->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. [[KickTheDog And their puppy.]]
-->-- '''Joss Whedon''', [[http://whedonesque.com/comments/9548 Whedonesque]]

->'''Creator/NeilPatrickHarris:''' You do kill a lot of chicks.
->'''Joss Whedon:''' My personal life is not the point here!
-->-- At the Comicon panel for WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog

->Q: So, why do you write these strong female characters?
->A: Because you're still asking me that question.
-->--'''"American Rhetoric: Joss Whedon - Equality Now Address".''' (May 15, 2006)

->Q: So Joss, why do you write these strong female characters?
->A: To get laid.
-->--'''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCYsUl8n-0 Joss answering a fan at a comic convention.]]'''

-> ''"Let's not talk to Joss. He's sad and confusing."''
-->-- '''CommentaryTheMusical'''

-> About killing off [[spoiler:Giles:]] "I wanted to make all this matter and have something that would send emotional ripples through all the characters. Also, I’m a prick."
-->--'''Joss Whedon, in an Entertainment Weekly article.''' (Jan 19, 2011)

-> "I have had a dream my whole life... and it was '''not this good'''."
-->-- On writing and directing ''Film/TheAvengers'' movie.

-> "Presumably Claudio is impaled on something sharp in the final act."
-->-- '''Mightygodking''' on Joss Whedon's ''MuchAdoAboutNothing''

-> "I'm, no offense, very tired of being labelled as 'the guy who kills people.' Shakespeare (he's this hot new writer) does it way more than me, and everyone's all excited about how he, as it were, holds a mirror up to nature, while I'm like the Jason Voorhees of the writing community. Unfair."
-->-- [[http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/s2uh1/i_am_joss_whedon_ama/c4anu6r In his Reddit AMA session]]

-> "In my world, [[HoYay heroes bugger each other senseless]]. Not all of them, but more than you'd think, and [[WildMassGuessing probably not who you're thinking.]]"
-->-- [[http://whedonesque.com/comments/9323 Just see here]]

-> "I have one particular theme ... and that’s helplessness. The empowerment of someone who’s helpless. And that has everything to do with how I feel about myself. Buffy was a pretty blond girl of whom nothing was expected, who didn’t try very hard at anything, and then suddenly became the most powerful person around — that theme, whether it’s empowerment or the discovery that one is powerless, that drives everything I do."
-->-- [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2012/05/03/avengers-director-joss-whedon-on-trying-to-be-more-like-buffy/5/ Forbes: 'Avengers' Director Joss Whedon on Trying to Be More Like Buffy]]

-> "... the only thing that matters is what we do. This is what I believe. I believe that the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the presence of any grander scheme."
-->-- From [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EReyF2ZzXGA&feature=context-vrec this video]], where Joss explains his views on religion and morality in response to an audience question.

->"We choose which meaning to give these objects. [[Recap/FireflyE14ObjectsInSpace A gun can be a stick, a ship can be a soul,]] and a [[Series/{{Firefly}} TV show]] can be important, even if [[NeedsMoreLove no one watches it]]."
-->-- '''JossWhedon''', featured at the end of the final episode of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.

->"If the fifties were seen as television’s Golden Age, right now we’re smack in the middle of a platinum one—[[ShoutOut thank you, Joss Whedon]], for kicking that off—and my tiVo and I are ''likethis''."
-->--'''Lani Diane Rich''' in [[http://www.smartpopbooks.com/welcome-to-camp-noir/ "Welcome to Camp Noir."]]