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

There are many vampires in the world today... you only have to think of the film business.

Over the years all these vampire movies have come out and nobody looks like a vampire anymore.

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

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

Vampires are a genre now.

Similarities in the vampire genre are so rampant that there's really no such thing as an original idea - only an original take on an idea that's been done before.

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.

People really want to set up these rivalries because there's a lot of vampire books out there. People want to believe we're all fierce rivals, and really there's just so much camaraderie with authors. Everyone kind of boosts each other.

People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.