Quotes About Author

I thought, 'Who is the first vampire ever? It's Peter Murphy!'

I'm a huge fan of 'The Vampire Chronicles,' both the Neil Jordan film and the books themselves.

'Interview with a Vampire' is my all-time favorite. I also loved 'An American Werewolf in London.'

I like the vampire films because of the fantasy of it.

Film spectators are quiet vampires.

There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there's the super vampires, which are a new breed we've created.

I have no intention of making vampires cool. Absolutely not. They're not cool.

What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way.

Are vampires kinky? I didn't know.

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.

I think with vampires, you can't really go wrong. For generations, vampires have been a hit because they're unobtainable, mysterious, sensual, dangerous, kind of sexy.

I'm not a vampire movie fan, per se. That's not to say that I haven't enjoyed movies with vampires in them.

I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch the Hammer vampire films. Vampire Circus, also shown as Circus of Fear, was one of those movies.

Like many of you, I've always been slightly obsessed with vampires, dating back to the prime-time series 'Dark Shadows,' which I followed avidly as a kid.

I've always been fascinated by mythology or, in modern parlance, by X-Men or vampires.

Vampires are handy characters, as they can do double duty as monster/villains and the classic, misunderstood romantic hero.

I'm writing a movie script about vampires with an animator called Michael Booth.

You do get your stalkers and obsessives though, and it's a huge problem sometimes. When I lived in Jersey, I used to have a middle-aged lady who, when I'd wake in the middle of the night, I'd see her van parked outside.

I think one of my favorite directors is P.T. Anderson - living directors, I should say. And Spike Jonze is one of my favorites, Gus Van Sant.

Van Basten went directly to the national team without coaching any other clubs. It's not the norm in Italy.

Louis van Gaal is a big manager, very experienced.

I don't really like that guy, Milner. And to tell you the truth, I don't like that guy, the defender, Van Dijk.

The first time I went to Cannes, Gus Van Sant was there in competition with 'Last Days.'

Van Gaal was always very intensive with his tactics. You had to work more with your head than your legs.