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I always thought of vampires, especially the young-adult ones, as a metaphor for sex - sucking blood, forbidden, taboo. I think they just ooze sex. Vampires are all the big themes in life in one attractive, bloodsucking package.

Are vampires kinky? I didn't know.

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.

Isn't that an odd philosophy for a vampire?

Vampires are a genre now.

There is a certain swagger with vampires.

There's just something about vampires that's sexy. It's the same reason why women go for the bad boy - you want them but you shouldn't have them.

Vampires are always going to be sexy.

Vampires are so sexy and powerful - they're so otherworldly; they have eternal life and youth.

Vampires are immortal, you can do whatever you want, and get away with it. And there's the seduction part of course, sex is a big part of the vampire thing.