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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 understanding, work things through. I'm sure they do exist, but I never knew any of them.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Able America Any Conflict Confront Exist Family Guess Ideal Knew Love Never Perfect Sold Sure Them Things Through True True Love Understanding Work

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My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Anything Back Belief Come Cost Huge Mean My Own Own People

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Well, here's the thing with relationships on 'True Blood': Once they happen then you have to throw a monkey-wrench into them, because to have people be happy is not that exciting.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Be Happy Because Blood Exciting Happen Happy Here Once People Relationships Them Then Thing Throw True True Blood Well You

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As a writer, it's fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established characters and a very established tone and format, after a while it's a really great job, but that's what it is - a job.

~Alan Ball

Topics: After Characters Create Established Format Fun Get Great Great Job Job Once Really Show Tone Very While Writer You

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I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Actually Effect Good Had Hard Health Life Look Mental Mental Health My Life Point Take Want Where Work

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Death showed up in my life very early on, so I'm aware of it. If you look at most of the things I write there's a sort of contemplation of mortality - although 'True Blood' doesn't fall into that. Even though there's such a ridiculously high body count!

~Alan Ball

Topics: Although Aware Blood Body Contemplation Count Death Early Even Fall High Life Look Mortality Most My Life Ridiculously Sort Things Though True True Blood Up Very Write You I Write

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'Six Feet Under' was about repressing our deepest, most primal impulses, and 'True Blood' is about giving full sway to them all the time. In a way they are like yin and yang.

~Alan Ball

Topics: About Blood Deepest Feet Full Giving Impulses Like Most Our Primal Six Sway Them Time True True Blood Way Yang

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I'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 Ball

Topics: About Dracula Growing Growing Up Interview Love Movies Never Saw Seen Show Thought Up Vampire Vampires I Love

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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 organization that says one thing and has a completely different agenda on their mind, and anybody who gets in their way, they just get rid of them. Does that sound familiar?

~Alan Ball

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I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Characters Freaks Interested Only Place Think World I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: May 13th, 1957

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