Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from.

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

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

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.

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

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

Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.