I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.

We have done the impossible. And that makes us mighty.

If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixion was actually there, it would've been like Woodstock.

The one thing a creator can bring to the table when everybody else has all the money and power is centeredness and the ability to walk away. Never sit at a table you can't walk away from.

I find that when you read a script, or rewrite something, or look at something that's been gone over, you can tell, like rings on a tree, by how bad it is, how long it's been in development.

The world is scary, and things are overwhelming, and there's a lot at stake.

I cannot abide useless people.