Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence. Think about it. People aren't out to get you, they're just stupid.

I recently had to wait two and a half hours in a doctor's office, just waiting to be seen. I literally was genuinely thinking 'Well, maybe this is a time loop.'

You embraced what was already on the page, worked with it, massaged it.

We had all been feeling this, about the Buffy/Riley relationship. It never had the fire that Buffy/Angel did. It wasn't really meant to.

Mercy is the mark of a great man! (stabs defeated opponent) I guess I'm just a good man. (stabs opponent again) Well ... I'm alright.

The outside world is what kept Buffy and Angel from being together.

Luck is opportunity plus preparation plus luck.