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.

We all wind up the same way, no matter what our goals or ambitions are. We have nothing at all to say about how we got into this world or how are going to leave it.

It would take a helluva man to replace no man at all.

Although there are several 'schools of thought' relating to why God allows mental, emotional, and physical afflictions, it essentially remains a mystery"~ R. Alan Woods [2012]

Who the hell is that?!Some call her Satan. Others, Beelzebub. She goes by many names.

Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

Accurate knowledge is the basis of correct opinions; the want of it makes the opinions of most people of little value.

West of Arkham the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut.

It's fun to pretend you're a little kid, you get to use your imagination and live in a world that's not real.

I think a tragedy is something where the natural order of things is completely interrupted and doesn't right itself.

Paraphrasing Plato's Republic: "Only people who have allowed themselves to be reformed by reality have it in themselves to reform their polis for the better."

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.