First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was, I was still a fan.

It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture.

The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.

Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else.

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.

To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.

Movies are pieces of film stuck together in a certain rhythm, an absolute beat, like a musical composition. The rhythm you create affects the audience.

We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.

A lot of it [success] is luck. That's a huge part of it that no one wants to talk about. You just got to be in the right place at the right time.

Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns.

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.

I love to feel the temperature drop and the wind increase just before a thunderstorm. Then I climb in bed with the thunder.

Mutual understanding is the main backbone of every happy relationship.

We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions try to deny.

Success produces success just as money produces money.

Difficult times often bring out the best in people.

And I'm moved, it's so beautiful. Not what I wrote, but to have it given back like this. To have her remember the words and the tune. To hear it in her voice.

Wisdom is something that seeks itself. The wiser you become the more you'd like to know.

Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.

I'm a goofball and a comedian.

Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.