--- title: "12 You Quotes By Alan Ball" description: "12 You quotes by Alan Ball. Plus more from Alan Ball and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/alan-ball-7404_able_beauty-is-in-the-strangest-places-a-piec_412639.jpg" --- > [Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/alan-ball-7404_able_beauty-is-in-the-strangest-places-a-piec_412639.jpg) > [Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/not-everything-is-going-to-be-successful-to-strive-for-that-is-really/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/alan-ball-7404_being-successful_not-everything-is-going-to-be-successful_1541677.jpg) > [Well, here's the thing with relationships on 'True Blood': Once they happen then you have to throw a monkey-wrench into them, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/well-here-s-the-thing-with-relationships-on-true-blood-once-they/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/alan-ball-7404_be-happy_well-here-s-the-thing-with-relationships_1723819.jpg) > [I'm not saying that being gay is what defines me, but at the same time, if you feel like you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-m-not-saying-that-being-gay-is-what-defines-me-but-at-the-same-time/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/alan-ball-7404_becomes_i-m-not-saying-that-being-gay-is-what-de_1937248.jpg) > [You cannot hold a child accountable to the same standards that you hold an adult accountable to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/you-cannot-hold-a-child-accountable-to-the-same-standards-that-you/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/alan-ball-7404_accountable_you-cannot-hold-a-child-accountable-to-t_1391472.jpg) > [A lot of times, the choice of the right song will save a scene. Or there will be a scene that's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/a-lot-of-times-the-choice-of-the-right-song-will-save-a-scene-or/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b83/alan-ball-7404_alive_a-lot-of-times-the-choice-of-the-right-s_1835132.jpg) > [I love to direct! I get really jazzed by directing, but directing is not the same kind of personal expression, the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-love-to-direct-i-get-really-jazzed-by-directing-but-directing-is/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/alan-ball-7404_astray_i-love-to-direct-i-get-really-jazzed-by_1769650.jpg) > [Life is too mysterious to try to map it out. I've certainly lived long enough to know it will take you places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/life-is-too-mysterious-to-try-to-map-it-out-i-ve-certainly-lived-long/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/alan-ball-7404_certainly_life-is-too-mysterious-to-try-to-map-it_2728062.jpg) > [Death showed up in my life very early on, so I'm aware of it. If you look at most of the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/death-showed-up-in-my-life-very-early-on-so-i-m-aware-of-it-if-you/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/alan-ball-7404_although_death-showed-up-in-my-life-very-early-on_2857909.jpg) > [It's hard for me to get interested in stories that ignore death, which is what American marketing culture would like to do:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/it-s-hard-for-me-to-get-interested-in-stories-that-ignore-death-which/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/alan-ball-7404_american_it-s-hard-for-me-to-get-interested-in-st_2086095.jpg) > [Depending on what happens with my directing career, I don't think I'll stop writing, even if I crash and burn in movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/depending-on-what-happens-with-my-directing-career-i-don-t-think-i-ll/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/alan-ball-7404_about_depending-on-what-happens-with-my-direct_2345538.jpg) > [It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, really know on a cellular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/it-s-a-lot-harder-to-find-fault-with-the-mundane-details-of-daily/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/alan-ball-7404_cellular_it-s-a-lot-harder-to-find-fault-with-the_886464.jpg) ## Other authors on You ## 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/you/alan-ball/#itemlist", "name": "12 You Quotes By Alan Ball", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. 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