I left Christianity because I wanted to be a moral person. That is why I left. I no longer believed in its lies.

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.

We need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time for anything but trying to love other people. That is a full-time job.

He had never expected death to be this quiet, this secretive, this easy.

And I loved this moment for all it's pain...We seemed for a moment like two parts of the same thing.

I no longer represent any organized religion. I'm not Catholic. I'm not Christian. I'm saying this because I have to be an outsider for Christ.

I have to move away from organized religion. The toxic confusion and anger I was feeling in church had become too great.