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.
Alan BallI 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.
Alan BallI always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life.
Alan BallI'd seen 'Interview with A Vampire' and saw Dracula movies growing up, but I never thought, 'I love vampires; I have to do a show about vampires.'
Alan BallItโs hard to stay mad, when thereโs so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like Iโm seeing it all at once, and itโs too much, my heart fills up like a balloon thatโs about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I canโt feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life...
Alan Ball