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Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.

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.

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

You're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.

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.

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

Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need.

You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all.

There’s a fine line between support and stalking and let’s all stay on the right side of that.

If you're going to make a science fiction movie, then have a hover craft chase, for God's sake.

Two things that matter to me. Emotional resonance and rocket launchers.

I've got a theory, it could be bunnies...

I've got a theor-

Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes
They've got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses.
And what's with all the carrots-?
What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
Bunnies, bunnies it must be bunnies!

...or maybe midgets...

Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.

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

If you can't run, you crawl. If you can't crawl- you find someone to carry you.

You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.

Recognizing power in another does not diminish your own.

War is not just the business of death, it is the antitheses of life.

Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that’s overwhelmingly depressing to me, and sometimes it makes me feel kinship and forgiveness. We’ve all got the same ending to the story. The way we make that story more elaborate, I got to respect.

I also don't trust Caribou anymore. They're out there, on the tundra, waiting... Something's going down. I'm right about this.

My soul is wrapped in harsh repose,
Midnight descends in raven-colored clothes,
But soft... behold!
A sunlight beam
Butting a swath of glimmering gleam.
My heart expands,
'tis grown a bulge in it,
Inspired by your beauty...
Effulgent.

It is the most fun I’m ever going to have. I love to write. I love it. I mean, there’s nothing in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably because I’m so very bad at it. It’s the greatest peace when I’m in a scene, and it’s just me and the character, that’s it, that’s where I want to live my life.

Everyone has their first date and the object is to hide your flaws. And then you're in a relationship, and it's all about hiding your disappointment. And then, once you're married, it's about hiding your sins.

As we all know, blinking lights means science.

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

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

That girl will rain destruction down on you and your ship. She is an albatross, Captain.

Way I remember it, albatross was a ship's good luck, 'til some idiot killed it. (to Inara) Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint.

Shiny, let's be bad guys!

He's like Super Librarian, y'know? Everyone forgets, Willow, that knowledge is the ultimate weapon.

All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet - it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.

If the apocalypse comes...beep me!

The thing about changing the world... Once you do it, the world's all different.

Sadly, I hate foreigners. And Americans. And animals. And flora, and some fauna. Also the magma that is the very core of this our mother earth. I'm full o' hate!

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 to tears even before the hour that wouldn't end. And the only person that I can even stand to be around is a... neutered vampire who cheats at kitten poker.

If every vampire who said he was at The Crucifixion, was actually there, it would have been like Woodstock . . .

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.

I walk. I talk. I shop. I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out, and I don't sleep on a bed of bones.

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

Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself.

You can't take the sky from me.

Life's a show and we all play a part
And when the music starts
We open up our hearts

Now there’s us, staking out our piece of cinematic turf (might be small but
it’s ours). And the music has to fit the vision as specifically as it did for [Star Wars and The Matrix.] OUR music comes from THEIR music, this scrappled bunch. It is spare, intimate, mournful and indefatigable.

In my generation, there was a single girl given the strength and skill to fight the spread of darkness...but in your generation, there are nearly two thousand with the powers of the slayer, and not all of them have chosen to use their newfound abilities conscientiously.

Everything I do is going to contain the message that men who are going to be comfortable with powerful women are going to be more powerful men

It's about women. It's about power and it's about women and you just hate those two words in the same sentence, don't you?

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