Len Wiseman Quotes

When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires.

I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.

I've been a fan of vampire fiction since way, way back - I loved Stephen King, Anne Rice, Peter Straub, Robert McCammon, Shirley Jackson, lots of great horror and paranormal fiction.

Actually I liked that 'Let the Right One In,' that Swedish vampire movie.

I wanted to make an adult vampire film, not something for children.

I really like vampire books. I might have a problem.

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

I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires.

There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route.

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.

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

The vampire story is something that has existed since 'Nosferatu,' and I don't think it's gonna go away.

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

It's cool to play a vampire and be a part of this new, hot genre.

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

I don't read horror, ever. When I was 15, I made the mistake of reading part of 'The Exorcist.' It was the first and last horror book I've ever opened.

I remember being a kid and sleeping over at my friend's house and staying up late and watching 'Nosferatu.' Vampire movies are supposed to be secret and bad. They should be rated R.

Vampires have always been hot. They are one of our most durable monsters. It's one of those stories that galvanizes us early and it's always going on.

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.

My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub were the three wise men of our family bookshelf.

The vampire movies I embraced as a kid used vampirism as a metaphor that expressed deep sadness and a lot of human qualities.

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

I'm not so sure that horror should be dismissed as something less than literature.

I've been reading horror since I was five years old.

My first six books were horror, I think because when I was young I loved Stephen King. John Wyndham, Daphne Du Maurier, and it's natural to try and emulate the books you first loved.