If I am vulnerable to sunlight, I will have more than one barrier against it in my lair. All windows and doors in my lair will be securely closed during the day and there will be no windows at all in my resting place. It's just silly to get turned to dust because a vampire hunter opens a window. I will be secure in my immortality. I do not have to share my story with any reporter or struggling writer.
Artists are over-emotional and unstable.
I shall not keep company with them whatsoever. I will immediately become Agnostic, disarming any cross-wielding religious maniacs. Better yet, I will move to a part of the world where the dominant religion isn't Christianity. If I am repelled by the scent of garlic, I will keep a gas mask handy. If I must sleep in a box filled with my native soil, I won't have a coffin.