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" I think, make it as beautiful as you can, and then rip it away. That's my sadistic thought as a storyteller. "

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" The way that 'Vampire' was born was over a lunch. We got asked to do the show. A week later, we were hired. A week later, we were writing it. The minute we handed it in, it was ordered. The minute we shot it, it was picked up. Then we started working. There was never any, like, 'OK, here's what this show is...' We had to figure it out as we went. "

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" I love real women that don't have to be saints, who can be selfish and act out against their parents or like the wrong guy, because that's life. That's my life, at least. "

" Of every movie that I've seen multiple times, of every TV show that I was obsessed with, I don't think I was ever obsessed with anything more than 'Flowers in the Attic,' which I read 13 times between fourth grade and senior year. "

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" As you live your life and accumulate friends, both IRL and on social media, ask yourself, are you a bully too? "

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" I don't pray. I'm not a deeply religious person. "

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" I'm not a morning person, and yet production is a morning person's game. "