--- title: "12 Way Quotes By Alan Ball" description: "12 Way quotes by Alan Ball. Plus more from Alan Ball and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/alan-ball-7404_metaphor_vampires-are-total-sexual-metaphors-ther_1714350.jpg" --- > [Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/vampires-are-total-sexual-metaphors-there-s-just-no-way-around-that/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/alan-ball-7404_metaphor_vampires-are-total-sexual-metaphors-ther_1714350.jpg) > ['Six Feet Under' was about repressing our deepest, most primal impulses, and 'True Blood' is about giving full sway to them all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/six-feet-under-was-about-repressing-our-deepest-most-primal-impulses/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/alan-ball-7404_about_six-feet-under-was-about-repressing-our_430207.jpg) > [I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-think-it-s-very-difficult-and-it-requires-a-tremendous-amount-of/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/alan-ball-7404_amount_i-think-it-s-very-difficult-and-it-requi_2644344.jpg) > [As a culture, we are not comfortable with mortality. We do not accept it the way other cultures do. We cling to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/as-a-culture-we-are-not-comfortable-with-mortality-we-do-not-accept/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/542/alan-ball-7404_accept_as-a-culture-we-are-not-comfortable-with_2226063.jpg) > [I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-think-all-writers-are-armchair-psychologists-to-some-degree-or/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/alan-ball-7404_another_i-think-all-writers-are-armchair-psychol_2595508.jpg) > [I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-know-a-lot-of-shows-are-like-here-s-the-pages-right-before-they/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/alan-ball-7404_anxiety_i-know-a-lot-of-shows-are-like-here-s-th_1213264.jpg) > [There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/there-are-times-when-i-am-directing-and-there-are-a-couple-of-moments/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/alan-ball-7404_angle_there-are-times-when-i-am-directing-and_2020539.jpg) > ['True Blood' differs from 'Six Feet Under' in that there are way more characters and plot-lines, but fundamentally it's still about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/true-blood-differs-from-six-feet-under-in-that-there-are-way-more/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/alan-ball-7404_about_true-blood-differs-from-six-feet-under-i_1338050.jpg) > [Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/ultimately-physical-resemblance-isn-t-as-important-as-whether-this/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/alan-ball-7404_care_ultimately-physical-resemblance-isn-t-as_2652743.jpg) > [It's easy to look at the vampires as a metaphor for any feared or misunderstood group. It's also easy to look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/it-s-easy-to-look-at-the-vampires-as-a-metaphor-for-any-feared-or/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/alan-ball-7404_agenda_it-s-easy-to-look-at-the-vampires-as-a-m_2186891.jpg) > [I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-always-choose-to-look-as-much-as-one-can-at-the-supernatural-not/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/alan-ball-7404_always_i-always-choose-to-look-as-much-as-one-c_2849623.jpg) > [I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-definitely-see-the-good-in-people-certainly-in-my-own-life-i-strive/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/alan-ball-7404_bores_i-definitely-see-the-good-in-people-cert_2521222.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Alan Ball > [The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/the-important-thing-is-that-he-shook-hands-with-us-over-the-phone/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [“Well did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chainsaw?-- Pam to Jessica, True Blood”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/well-did-you-call-the-hypothetical-hardware-store-and-buy-a/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/pam-i-don-t-know-what-it-is-about-me-that-makes-people-think-i-want/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/television-viewing-has-become-for-me-a-completely-different/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-don-t-really-know-what-it-is-about-vampires-that-makes-them-such-a/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-am-a-little-suspicious-of-industry-paradigms-i-feel-like-so-many/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [“I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-had-always-heard-your-entire-life-flashes-in-front-of-your-eyes-the/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-m-53-i-don-t-care-about-high-school-students-i-find-them-irritating/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/beauty-is-in-the-strangest-places-a-piece-of-garbage-floating-in-the/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/the-difference-between-film-and-tv-is-the-pace-you-don-t-have-the/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > ['Six Feet Under' was about repressing our deepest, most primal impulses, and 'True Blood' is about giving full sway to them all the time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/six-feet-under-was-about-repressing-our-deepest-most-primal-impulses/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-d-seen-interview-with-a-vampire-and-saw-dracula-movies-growing-up/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/the-idea-of-celibate-vampires-is-ridiculous-to-me-vampires-are-sex-i/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/as-a-writer-it-s-fun-to-create-and-once-you-get-into-a-long-running/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-m-from-the-south-so-while-i-personally-find-it-impossible-to-live/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/alan-ball/#itemlist", "name": "12 Way Quotes By Alan Ball", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Ball" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/vampires-are-total-sexual-metaphors-there-s-just-no-way-around-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/alan-ball-7404_metaphor_vampires-are-total-sexual-metaphors-ther_1714350.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/alan-ball-7404_metaphor_vampires-are-total-sexual-metaphors-ther_1714350.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/alan-ball-7404_metaphor_vampires-are-total-sexual-metaphors-ther_1714350.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.” — Alan Ball", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Six Feet Under' was about repressing our deepest, most primal impulses, and 'True Blood' is about giving full sway to them all the time. 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