Occupation: Writer Birth: May 13, 1957
I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be one, and it was just a waste of time..
You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure..
In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don't really get f….
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 a metaphor for a shadow orga….
I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them..
I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way to rea….
I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'.
I am so spoiled. I cannot watch a show where it gets interrupted for ads. I have to TiVo it and skip through the ads, because the culture of advertis….
I guess in America we're so sold on this ideal of the perfect, well-adjusted family that is able to confront any conflict and, with true love and und….
Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous, with this reality….
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 region..
I was conveniently bisexual for a long time, and then I went, 'Come on, who am I kidding?' And I have to say, it was the single biggest step I took t….
If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason..
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 these paradigms..
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 high school st….
There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood..
It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, really know on a cellular level that you're going to go,….
A lot of times, the choice of the right song will save a scene. Or there will be a scene that's a little flat and you put in the right song and someh….
I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The anxiety would be way too much for m….
Life is too mysterious to try to map it out. I've certainly lived long enough to know it will take you places you never thought it would take you - a….
I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well adjusted and can face conflict in a ….