147 Quotes by Alan Ball

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

I'd seen 'Interview with A Vampire' and saw Dracula movies growing up, but I never thought, 'I love vampires; I have to do a show about vampires.'

I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.

If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.

My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.

Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by.

I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.

I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.

I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.