Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest

Ive never seen a more terrifying film than 'The Bababook'. It will scare the hell out of you as it did me.

I'm not a fan of Star Wars. That is not for me. That is for my nephews and nieces. I don't get it.

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.

Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.

I believe it's true that there's good and evil in everyone and it's a constant struggle to have your better angels prevail.

Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If I had to pay money to do it, I would do it... Directing is playing. Acting.

To me, the art of movies is to take a two-dimensional image and give the illusion of depth.

Violence is not funny.

And it was only a week later that I realized a close up of Steve McQueen was worth the greatest landscape you could find.

There are many untalented people making millions of dollars in the film business.

Our purpose as believers is to make impact wherever we find ourselves

Prayer doesn’t begin with our needs, but with his bounty.

The LAW points you to self-efforts. GRACE points you to the finished work of Jesus Christ.

Pack up all my care and woe, blackbird, bye-bye

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books. You will be reading meanings.

Black churches minister to social needs out of necessity.

Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.

I'm a big root beer guy.

I want to be the president for all Americans, regardless of your political beliefs, where you come from, what you look like, your religion.

It's celebrated in British culture to be eccentric.