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

I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.

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

My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.

I'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.'

I guess in America we're so sold on this ideal of the perfect, well-adjusted family that is able to confront any conflict and, with true love and understanding, work things through. I'm sure they do exist, but I never knew any of them.

It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.