Alaya Dawn Johnson Quotes

Vampires were an excellent springboard. I still love them; they fascinate me.

When I read the 'Twilight' book, I didn't see it as fantasy. I saw it as a love story.

The thing I love about vampires that I find so fascinating is that, unlike other sci-fi creations, they aren't monsters from the get-go, they're human beings first... and so what kind of human you are would dictate what kind of vampire you would be.

Not to disparage anything, but most vampire stories tend to be romance novels that are 'Twilight'-ish with metrosexual guys.

'Twilight' is a breathlessly addictive read with a love story that sucks people in.

The coolest thing about the series is that we stay very true to the books; it would be silly for us not to, because the books are exactly what the fans want to see. There's an action side to it, which I love, and there are werewolves now. There aren't just vampires. There's a wolf pack.

I love vampire movies. I think they are sexy.

I love really, really deep, dark-as-Russia storylines. I love supernatural aspects. I grew up with ghost stories.

I have always been into the darker side of things and love the mystery and sexiness of vampires.

I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romanticism and erotic kind of nature of the immortal being, the undead who lives on human blood.

There's something about death. It's like trying to understand our own mortality and immortality. That's why society is so into things like vampires, because they don't die. Well, why don't they die?

The idea of death is something that doesn't make sense to a lot of people. But to bring something back - or vampires who never die - is a logical fantasy for a human being.

Make me immortal with a kiss.

Vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and eskimos.

It's only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism.

In this age of vampires, what I love about 'True Blood' the most is that it's a post-modern take on it. 'Sookie Stackhouse' series author Charlaine Harris and 'True Blood' creator Alan Ball turned that whole mythology upside-down... It's not just about vampires. It's about a lot of different things.

And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways.

You know, a vampire book is not a book to be the vehicle for big themes and stuff, where sometimes when you're dealing with art or the life of Christ or the oeuvre of Shakespeare, you know, it's a little more ambitious.

I love monsters.

I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Frankly, the story leaves me cold - why do a vampire story about abstinence?

The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.

I might be afraid of ghosts and like dragons and those things, but I'm not afraid of the Taliban.

I love the paranormal, because there, every genre I write can become one beacon for my imagination.

There were no vampires of note in Western literature until about the 18th century. But they tell us where we park our anxieties, whether its over-powerful women, death or damnation. We make our own monsters.

I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy/horror guy. I love anything in the sci-fi or fantasy genre.