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Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.

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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.
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It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, really know on a cellular level that you're going to go, and that this moment, right now, is life. Life isn't what happens to you in 20 years. This moment, right now, is your life.
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I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.
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I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way to really get at the root of their identity, because it's such a personal thing.
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I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in a culture that encourages it every step of the way.
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The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.
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I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'
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You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.
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