Bases Quote by Gerard Way

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

— Alan Ball

I think vampires have gotten maybe a little bit silly in the last years where they're all wearing crushed velvet and reading poetry and…

— Josh Hartnett

I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.

— Alan Ball

A vampire is a flexible metaphor. You know, death, sex, change, stagnation, loss of self, loss of agency, having to keep one's real self…

— Kelly Link

I always thought of vampires, especially the young-adult ones, as a metaphor for sex - sucking blood, forbidden, taboo. I think they just ooze…

— Melissa de la Cruz

Look, Mr. uh, Wulf I appreciate your trying to warn me about this, Ireally do. But there's no such thing as vampires. They're made-up.…

— Meg Cabot

Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.

— Alan Ball

People have always had a fascination with the supernatural going back to the beginning of time and with vampires in particular. This phenomenon is…

— Richelle Mead

People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the…

— Alexandra Cassavetes

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.

— Anne Rice

Vampires are pretty frightening. Knowing they can 'glamor' you is pretty weird. And you shake hands or hug them and they're cold. I wouldn't…

— Todd Lowe

With vampires, there is such a great tradition that you suddenly find yourself a part of. Each generation reinvents what that means to them.

— Michael Sheen