I always thought the appeal for vampires are the same as religion, the desire to avoid death and live forever.

Real life ... it was an ambiguous world, where actions sometimes had no meaning, where chaos reigned and no one was allowed to see the big picture, only their small portion of it.

There’s always been a need for horror fiction, though - ghost stories have been a staple of every human society since the beginning of recorded literature - and while commercially the field may have its ups and downs, it will never go away. Hell, look at the Bible: gods, devils, ghosts, witches, giants, resurrections. That’s one big horror story. And it’s the most popular book on the planet.

Real life was messier than fiction, and in it you didn't always have time to do or say the right things.

In real life, good people die all the time and a**holes can live long and happy lives. It's a crapshoot.

An enigma? That's not a bad persona to have. I should probably shut up and let the mystery continue! It's good for my career.

I always thought the appeal for vampires are the same as religion, the desire to avoid death and live forever.