Joss Whedon Quotes

My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect.

As we get older - perhaps I'm just speaking for myself - we can get too cynical.

I would say I'm quite happy in my life the majority of the time. Earlier in my life I was more questioning, overly trying to figure things out. I like this way much better.

I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that.

I've yet to meet a bitter teenager. Bitterness, jealousy and jadedness, I think, are the most unattractive qualities in a person, and unfortunately they do seem to come with age.

I'm less Pollyanna now. That's probably healthy.

You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.

The world helps you to keep evolving and hope it's for better. You have to rise above all the tragedies in life. You have to grow, and if you stop growing, you are old.

What I've observed and what I've imagined - and definitely what I'm hoping - happens as you get older is that there's a mellowing, an acceptance that comes with time. I guess that I'll find out.

Now a lot has changed and I can separate a lot of things.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

I've been trying to grow up some myself, in my heart, and it's happening quick and I feel good about it, and I want that to come out in the music.

I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

Maybe you're not perfect, but you're willing to actually look at yourself and take some kind of accountability. That's a change. It might not mean that you can turn everything around, but I think there's something incredibly hopeful about that.

I've definitely got a lot more cautious about my lyrics - I feel I want to be a positive force in the world, and I want to uplift people. That's something that comes with age.

You change your life by changing your heart.

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps.

Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity.

People mature at different stages and I feel I'm learning a lot.

When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew who I was. And then as soon as I turned 30, I realized that person has bruises and bumps and dark parts. And you kind of go, well, that's it. I'd rather embrace it than force myself to change.

People say you become more cynical as you get older. That hasn't been my experience.

I feel matured in a way that I'm happy about. I'm at this other stage in my life - and it's not a bad thing at all.

Some people can accept the changes in life in a mature way but for most others, it is never easy.

When I reflect on the losses I've experienced, I've come to believe that those experiences were transformative, that they shaped who I am.

As you grow older, you want to learn, you want to change, you want to evolve and you don't want to live in fear. Fear is the mind killer.