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I'm not like J.K. Rowling, where I know there's going to be this number of seasons, and I know exactly what's going to happen. I would be so bored if that was the case. There would be no journey. There would be nothing to discover.

Alan Ball

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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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