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 freaked out.
ALAN BALLIn 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 freaked out.
ALAN BALLI’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.
ALAN BALLI try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary and some comedy and some romance and some sex and some violence.
ALAN BALLWe don’t have any real sense of community anymore.
ALAN BALLI’d seen ‘Interview with A Vampire’ and saw Dracula movies growing up, but I never thought, ‘I love vampires; I have to do a show about vampires.’
ALAN BALLI’m not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.
ALAN BALLThe ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It’s not so easily tamed or subdued.
ALAN BALLI think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people’s psyches.
ALAN BALLMakes you wonder what else you can do that you’ve forgotten about.
ALAN BALLI don’t necessarily believe in vampires or werewolves or that kind of thing, but I believe there is definitely a realm we don’t necessarily have access to.
ALAN BALLSometimes there’s so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can’t take it, and my heart is going to cave in.
ALAN BALLIt’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
ALAN BALLThe important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
ALAN BALLFor me, the thing that I love is that it’s all about the present moment.
ALAN BALLBeauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have to develop an eye for it and be able to see it.
ALAN BALLI 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 to having a religion.
ALAN BALL