That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
It’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst... And then… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
“Well did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chainsaw?-- Pam to Jessica, True Blood” — Alan Ball Copy Share
“Pam: I don't know what it is about me that makes people think I want to hear their problems. Maybe I smile too much.… — Alan Ball Copy Share
Television viewing has become for me a completely different experience, because I don't watch shows on a weekly basis. I wait until the DVD… — Alan Ball Copy Share
I don't really know what it is about vampires that makes them such a powerful symbol, metaphor, whatever in people's consciousness. But I do… — Alan Ball Copy Share
I am a little suspicious of industry paradigms. I feel like so many movies and TV shows feel so familiar because of over-reliance on… — Alan Ball Copy Share
“I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second… — Alan Ball Copy Share
I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed. — Alan Ball Copy Share
Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You… — Alan Ball Copy Share
The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television. — Alan Ball Copy Share
'Six Feet Under' was about repressing our deepest, most primal impulses, and 'True Blood' is about giving full sway to them all the time.… — Alan Ball Copy Share
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… — Alan Ball Copy Share
“The idea of celibate vampires is ridiculous. To me, vampires are sex. I don't get a vampire story about abstinence. I don't care about… — Alan Ball Copy Share
As a writer, it's fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established characters and a very established tone… — Alan Ball Copy Share
I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical… — Alan Ball Copy Share
