Joss Whedon Quotes

Applause waits on success.

There is a big difference between No. 1 and No. 2. I don't care who wrote it. I'd love to one day have a No. 1 that I wrote, but if that ain't in the cards, whatever. My job is right now is to make the best music I can and try to get it to the people, whether it be something that I wrote or not. It's my job to be the best I can for the fans.

I'm glad that the audience and critics have liked my work.

I've experienced everything any aspiring artist could ever want.

One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written.

I do find myself at the moment, due to the success of School of Rock, to be on people's radar a little.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.

When you are proud of something you have done, and you have made a film you feel has merit, and it's found an audience and is critically well received, that's a pretty pleasurable place to be. I mean, you don't want it gathering dust at the bottom of someone's DVD collection.

It's nice to walk into a club and see your picture. Then you know you've done something good.

I think 'Beyond the Blue Neon' is the best I've ever done.

Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. I disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not.

There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial.

When people are running up to me in the grocery store screaming, 'Oh my God! Oh my God!' that's when I know I'm swervin'. As long as people are recognizing you and you matter to them, then you're doing something right.

To be associated with success is absolutely wonderful.

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers. I achieved that a long time ago with TV. I don't need any more.

Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.

Both my parents said they never got so many emails from friends and colleagues - with all the theater work that I've done - than when I was on 'The Good Wife.'

My fans and people who know of my character want to see me become more successful.

I want to do something that people can really say, 'Hey, man, that was good, I'm proud of you, I'm proud of that.' 'Pride' and 'Transformers' and things like that.

It's great making a film and having it embraced and seen. I really enjoy that.

Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things.

I never wanted to be someone who's asking someone to put my work in their gallery. I wanted to be asked.