A collection of masks, depicting historical figures in life and what I like to call the eternal repose.

Horror films don't create fear. They release it.

I like to address the fears of my culture. I believe it's good to face the enemy, for the enemy is fear.

The first monster that an audience has to be scared of is the filmmaker. They have to feel in the presence of someone not confined by the normal rules of propriety and decency.

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.

I think the important thing about staying creative and staying sharp and original is not to look back too much.

All of us have our individual curses, something that we are uncomfortable with and something that we have to deal with, like me making horror films, perhaps.

As long as you keep the audience on the edge of their seats, either scare them or keep them guessing, you can put anything in there that you want.

I believe the cinema is one of our principal forms of art. It is an incredibly powerful way to tell uplifitng stories that can move people to cry with joy and inspire them to reach for the stars.

If you think it, the camera will see it.

I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally.

As long as you hate, there will be people to hate.

If you’re so far down the totem pole that someone considers it a favor to you just to have you in their circle (no matter how far outside the ring you are), you should probably cut them out of yours.

Alcohol is like pouring smiles on your brain.

Chess is a fathead and feudal game.

A new study found that a mother's diet affects her baby's allergies. Which can only mean one thing: My mom ate cats.

The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.

There is no real happiness in having or getting, but only in giving.

If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means they are being purified.

Listen to the unstruck sounds, and what sifts through that music.

Success is like a ladder and no one has ever climbed a ladder with their hands in their pockets.