Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.

- Alan Ball

It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten abou…

- 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 I come…

- Alan Ball

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

- Alan Ball

I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.

- Alan Ball

That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no rea…

- 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 or werewolves or that kin…

- Alan Ball

Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.

- Alan Ball

Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.

- Alan Ball