Horror allowed me to quickly switch gears.

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head and make them real.

I've been clawing my way to directing since I was a kid.

I just wanted to make movies, but I never though about, "How am I being perceived because of my culture or my skin?"

If you can make the day, you can do whatever you want.

TV is all new to me because I came from features.

Ryan Murphy just gives new people a shot, and it takes a lot of confidence and generosity to do that.

I don't set out to do something weird, but if you see something a certain way and it's a little left of center, and you can realize it, that's a real thrill.

It becomes an extension of your imagination to make something tangible and concrete.

To me film school was film history because there weren't a lot of books out there that I had access to.

At some point, you have an opportunity to not be a first-time filmmaker anymore. You can embrace the genre and show the world how you can tell stories on a bigger scale.

The 330 million gods and goddesses of the Hindu culture act as placebo for the masses, just like other gods of other cultures do.

Tools of empowerment - heartset and mindset.

98% of all comedians feel obliged to be funny when interviewed. Less than 2% succeed.

The unity in diversity lies only in your heart.

The Romans would never have had time to conquer the world if they had been obliged to learn Latin first of all.

God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.

The best way to correct a mistake is to make it right.

Love is an active construction, and choice, not just an encounter that happens by chance.

Sometimes if you've got a story that's interesting enough, you don't need to pour sugar on ice cream. The ice cream is great.

The key point to bear in mind is that Russia cannot be in Europe without Ukraine also being in Europe, whereas Ukraine can be in Europe without Russia being in Europe.