In production, in the first couple of weeks of production, that it was more like making an internet musical.

Oddly enough, I never studied writing. I studied almost everything except writing.

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

People feel removed from sexism. 'I'm not a sexist, but I'm not a feminist.' They think there's this fuzzy middle ground. There's no fuzzy middle ground. You either believe that women are people or you don't. It's that simple.

I'm pretty much good at heroic narratives and making people laugh.

I think it's always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it's successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why.

As far as I am concerned, the first episode of Buffy was the beginning of my career. It was the first time I told a story from start to finish the way I wanted.