Jane Espenson quotes

“If we can't write diversity into sci-fi, then what's the point? You don't create new worlds to give them all the same limits of the old ones.”
-- Jane Espenson

Source : "TV Mastermind Jane Espenson: From to to Evil Queens". Interview with Neal Broverman, www.advocate.com. October 27, 2011.

#Writing Quotes #Giving Quotes #Diversity Quotes

“Forgive my rudeness. I cannot abide useless people.”
-- Jane Espenson

Source : "Firefly (TV Series): Shindig". www.imdb.com. 2002.

#People Quotes #Forgiving Quotes #Useless Quotes

“I watch a lot of TV, but I find that recently it's largely oddball stuff ... Scripted stuff sometimes feels like homework, like I'm scoping out the competition or something.”
-- Jane Espenson

Source : Ain't It Cool News interview, July 17, 2003.

#Competition Quotes #Watches Quotes #Stuff Quotes

“Movies are always made by committees, and the writer is not at the head of the committee. Thus, mush.”
-- Jane Espenson

Source : Ain't It Cool News interview, aintitcool.com, July 17, 2003.

#Made Quotes #Committees Quotes

“I hope I am pigeonholed with comedy. I'm really not interested in writing the darker stuff, the emotional stuff.”
-- Jane Espenson

Source : BBC Interview, www.bbc.co.uk. August 23, 2001.

#Writing Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Stuff Quotes

“I think we should all start worrying about being downloaded and put in robots.”
-- Jane Espenson

#Thinking Quotes #Worry Quotes #Robots Quotes

“The outside world is what kept Buffy and Angel from being together.”
-- Jane Espenson

#Angel Quotes #Together Quotes #World Quotes

“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.”
-- Jane Espenson

#Angel Quotes #Fire Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“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”
-- Jane Espenson

Source : "Loopy". BBC Interview, bbc.adactio.com. 2002.

#Thinking Quotes #Doctors Quotes #Two Quotes

“In the case of judges, I wouldn't be shocked to find out the number on television exceeds the number in real life — what is it about those black robes that makes us think ovaries?”
-- Jane Espenson

Source : "How to Succeed at Vampire Slaying and Keep Your Soul". www.latimes.com. March 20, 2005.

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“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.”
-- Jane Espenson

#Men Quotes #Good Man Quotes #Opponents Quotes

“It is possible to care too much. It is possible to believe that you will never be as good as anyone else. And it is possible to let these things take over.”
-- Jane Espenson

#Believe Quotes #Care Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“Any story worth telling relates to real life in some meaningful way. Scifi allows you to tell meaningful stories without seeming too preachy - it adds a metaphorical layer between the story and the real world. Scifi is dismissed as ungrounded fluff, but it's actually the opposite.”
-- Jane Espenson

Source : "Caprica Producer Jane Espenson Redefines Racism in the BSG Universe". AMC interview, www.amc.com.

#Meaningful Quotes #Real Quotes #Opposites Quotes