I think there's a lot of interesting stuff on TV. I feel much more optimistic about TV than I do about movies. There will always be good movies but I think, for the most part, it's always going to be a huge fight to get those movies made. TV is the best place to be as a writer, I think. Alan Ball feelfightgood share on social
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. Alan Ball desperatelyfreakhuge Change image and share on social
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 - and some of those places are kind of wonderful. Alan Ball havekindlife Change image and share on social
There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to be done by noon; I move on. Alan Ball anglecoupledirect Change image and share on social
And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made a tremendous amount of sense. What I liked that was missing from my experience of Christianity growing up was a sort of acceptance, a sort of being OK with being imperfect and not focusing on the sin. Alan Ball acceptanceamountbuddhism share on social
If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason. Alan Ball goodlongpage Change image and share on social
I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches. Alan Ball archetypepeoplepowerful Change image and share on social
The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television. Alan Ball differencefilmleisure Change image and share on social
I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. Alan Ball attuneawarechoose share on social
Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing. Alan Ball acknowledgeawarecompanion Change image and share on social