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The fact that we die, that makes life important. It's hard to take, but it's the truth.

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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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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. I mean certainly, you read about things people did to each other in the pursuit of some mystical or occult goal, and it's horrifying. But that's just human nature.
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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.
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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.
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We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.
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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.
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I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
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I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.
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I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well adjusted and can face conflict in a non-emotional and non-destructive way, and those are the people I try to surround myself with in my life. But as characters, they bore me.
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You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.
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We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.
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