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
“Well did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chainsaw?-- Pam to Jessica, True Blood” — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed. — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
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 Image
The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television. — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
'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 Image
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 Image
