Alan Ball

I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary…

— Alan Ball

I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't necessarily believe in vampires…

— Alan Ball

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…

— Alan Ball

A lot of times, the choice of the right song will save a scene. Or there will be a scene that's a…

— Alan Ball

I'm not saying that being gay is what defines me, but at the same time, if you feel like you have to…

— Alan Ball

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

— Alan Ball

I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest…

— Alan Ball

I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.

— Alan Ball

There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but…

— Alan Ball

If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.

— Alan Ball

It's hard for me to get interested in stories that ignore death, which is what American marketing culture would like to do:…

— Alan Ball

Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous,…

— Alan Ball

It's easy to look at the vampires as a metaphor for any feared or misunderstood group. It's also easy to look at…

— Alan Ball

As a culture, we are not comfortable with mortality. We do not accept it the way other cultures do. We cling to…

— Alan Ball

You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.

— Alan Ball

I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Frankly, the story leaves me cold…

— Alan Ball

I'm not like J.K. Rowling, where I know there's going to be this number of seasons, and I know exactly what's going…

— Alan Ball

I need to feel like the work I'm doing is not necessarily important, but meaningful, at least to me, because otherwise it…

— Alan Ball

Depending on what happens with my directing career, I don't think I'll stop writing, even if I crash and burn in movies…

— Alan Ball

I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be…

— Alan Ball

I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well…

— Alan Ball

In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I…

— Alan Ball

I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a…

— Alan Ball

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'

— Alan Ball

I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in…

— Alan Ball