“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, author, producer [Joseph Hill Whedon]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Lie to Me” (3 Nov 1997)