When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men that not only have no problem with the idea of a female leader, but were in fact engaged and even attracted to the idea.

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

There's some great reality TV, and I'm not bagging on it completely.

I get recognized just often enough to keep my ego bouncing along, but not so much that I can't go places.

'The Sixth Sense' is fine the second time around, but honestly, the first time around, it's dazzling.

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.

The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is.