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 are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to be done by noon; I move on.

I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way to really get at the root of their identity, because it's such a personal thing.

A lot of times, the choice of the right song will save a scene. Or there will be a scene that's a little flat and you put in the right song and somehow it just comes alive.

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

Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by.

The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued.