When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires.

The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.

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

The idea of celibate vampires is ridiculous. To me, vampires are sex. I don't get a vampire story about abstinence. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.

That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is going to cave in.

Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have to develop an eye for it and be able to see it.

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