147 Quotes by Alan Ball

The idea of celibate vampires is ridiculous. To me, vampires are sex. I don't get a vampire story about abstinence. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.

Well did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chainsaw?-- Pam to Jessica, True Blood

Pam: I don't know what it is about me that makes people think I want to hear their problems. Maybe I smile too much. Maybe I wear too much pink. But please remember I can rip your throat out if I need to. And also know that I am not a hooker. That was a long, long time ago.

You can't take a picture of this. It's already gone.

The die-hard fans of this show really felt a connection to these characters and it was upsetting to them when he died,

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'

We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.

I was conveniently bisexual for a long time, and then I went, 'Come on, who am I kidding?' And I have to say, it was the single biggest step I took toward emotional well-being, to stop feeling like I had to hide who I am.

There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.