As a writer, it's fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established characters and a very established tone and format, after a while it's a really great job, but that's what it is - a job.

You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.

As a culture, we are not comfortable with mortality. We do not accept it the way other cultures do. We cling to youth, and we don't want to die. It's like, 'Well, too bad, we do.'

Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV.

The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.

I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't necessarily believe in vampires or werewolves or that kind of thing, but I believe there is definitely a realm we don't necessarily have access to.

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