@dbertie: "I'm sure that killing off a character you've invested a lot of time in can be tough. Have you ever found that doing this to a particular character has had a profound emotional affect on you? Who was the toughest kill?"

@IAMAJossWhedon: "I actually find it refreshing... delightful.... vaguely arousing....Actually, I'm, no offense, very tired of being labelled as 'the guy who kills people'. Shakespeare (he's this hot new writer) does it way more than me, and everyone's all excited about how he, as it were, holds a mirror up to nature, while I'm like the Jason Voorhees of the writing community. Unfair. Also, probably Buffy's Mom."