My deal with Marvel is I have a consulting deal with them as well as a contract to make ‘Avengers.’ That means I’ll read all the scripts, I’ll look at cuts. Joss Whedon Read Quote
My mom is a teacher, my dad was a writer for television, his dad was a writer for television, and combining those two has been sort of the goal of my life. Joss Whedon Read Quote
A lot of people who saw ‘The Avengers’ didn’t read comic books, don’t like comic book movies, and enjoyed it. That was huge for me. Joss Whedon Read Quote
I loved teaching and I did a lot of work as a teacher’s assistant in college, and my favorite experience was basically getting a laugh from a bunch of people because they had just understood something. Joss Whedon Read Quote
Movies were always the goal, but I had a lot of goals. Twelve-year-old me wanted to do everything: act and sing and paint and dance. Joss Whedon Read Quote
For me, the act of telling the story and showing it to somebody is almost gravy. Joss Whedon Read Quote
On one level, I must never lose touch with my audience. But I must, at some point, stop trying to get everybody to like me, and be true to the thing I think I need to say. Joss Whedon Read Quote
All of the most important lessons about writing I learned from my father. He never set out to teach me anything, it would just be something he said casually in conversation. Joss Whedon Read Quote
I just love language. I mean, I love it. I love stage directions. Any opportunity to write. I hadn’t written in so long, I get very crazy and miserable. I – it’s like not seeing my kids: I can’t do it for very long. Joss Whedon Read Quote
