WIST

People are morons. I don’t have any other explanation. I really don’t.

Joss Whedon (b. 1964) American screenwriter, producer
(Attributed)
(on Hollywood)

“Does it ever get easy?”
“You mean life?”
“Yeah. Does it get easy?”
“What do you want me to say?”
“Lie to me.”
“Yes, it’s terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and we always defeat them and save the day. No-one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.” 

Joss Whedon (b. 1964) American screenwriter, producer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Lie to Me” (3 Nov 1997)

ZOE: You sanguine about the kind of reception we’re apt to receive on an Alliance ship, Captain?
MAL: Absolutely. What’s sanguine mean?
ZOE: Sanguine — hopeful. Plus, point of interest, it also means bloody.
MAL: Well, that pretty much covers all the options, don’t it?

Joss Whedon (b. 1964) American screenwriter, producer
Firefly (2003)