Anything can be good. Even Last Action Hero could’ve been good. There’s an idea somewhere in almost any movie : if you can find something that you love, then you can do it. If you...

You can’t take the sky from me.

It’s my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of sumbitch or another. — Malcolm Reynolds

Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn’t suck.

Nothing in the world is the way it ought to be. It’s harsh and cruel. But that’s why there’s us. Champions. It doesn’t matter where we come from, what we’ve done or suffered, or even...

The news isn’t there to tell you what happened. It’s there to tell you what it wants you to hear or what it thinks you want to hear.

I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.

Tonight sucks. And look at me. Look at – look at stupid Buffy. Too dumb for college, and-and-and freak Buffy, too strong for construction work. And-and my job at the magic shop? I was bored...

Wanna know what a bullet feels like, Warren? A real one? It’s not like in the comics…I think you need to. Feel it…It’s not going to make a neat little hole. First – it’ll obliterate...

In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer.

Equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny...

River Tam (Summer Glau): No power in the ‘verse can stop me.

My people – before I was changed – they exchanged this as a sign of devotion. It’s a Claddagh ring. The hands represent friendship; the crown represents loyalty… and the heart… Well, you know… Wear...

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. And their puppy.

Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.

There’s a time and place for everything, and I believe it’s called ‘fan fiction’.

I hope I’m being clear, I didn’t say I hate feminists, that would be weird. I said I hate feminist. I’m talking about the word.I have the privilege living my life inside of words and...

If you can’t run, you crawl. If you can’t crawl– you find someone to carry you.

She’s terse. I can be terse. Once, in flight school, I was laconic.

Do you love me?What?Do you?I love you. I don’t know if I trust you.Maybe you shouldn’t do either.Maybe I’m the one who should decide!

Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.

Every day’s a negotiation and sometimes it’s done with guns.

Humor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don’t forget food. You can go a week without laughing.

Back in my day, which was about a week and a half ago, we took our lumps and we got back up and we cried like babies and quit and then put on weight.

When Roseanne read the first script of mine that got into her hands without being edited by someone else she said, ‘How can you write a middle-aged woman this well?’ I said, ‘If you met...

All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause – there are few unworthy ones. And nudge yourself past...

So, why do you write these strong female characters?Because you’re still asking me that question.”[Equality Now speech, May 15, 2006]

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