I write to be the characters that I am not.

Stay crunchy, even in milk.

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.

TV's like whitewater rafting: Without rocks, there wouldn't be rapids, and it wouldn't be as much fun.

I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar!

In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer.

Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.

If I kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.

Don’t just be yourself. Be all of yourselves. Don’t just live. Be that other thing connected to death. Be life. Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.

Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace.

Angelus: Now that's everything, huh? No weapons... No friends...No hope. Take all that away... and what's left? Buffy: Me.

It's in out-of-the-ordinary situations - especially situations of challenge or adversity - that the most important differences between people shine through.

But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.

There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin.

Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

Trayvon Martin did not need to die.

Hollywood provides ready-made fantasies or daydreams; the problem is whether these are productive or nonproductive, whether the audience is psychologically enriched or impoverished.

Equally inured by moderation either state to bear, prosperous or adverse.

When bad things happened to other people, I imagined them happening to me. I didn’t know if this was empathy or theft.

The big thing is that if you don't try something, you'll always wonder. What could that have been like? What if...?

Flow into your dancing, circulate the steps into your body, as you would run your fingers through the hair of the one you Love.