“I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live t...” — Alan Ball Quote

“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 don't really know what it is about vampires that makes them such a powerful symbol, metaphor, whatever in people's consciousness. But I do know they're tremendously powerful. I mean, there's a vampire on 'Sesame Street.' And Count Chocula. I don't know why it's so powerful.”

“The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued.”

“I have a fondness for when the landscape becomes surreal.”

“I have a great fondness for the liars in my stories.”

“I love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.'”