Never underestimate the power of denial.

I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary and some comedy and some romance and some sex and some violence.

Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.

The fact that we die, that makes life important. It's hard to take, but it's the truth.

Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing.

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.

I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.