People who are kind of at the cutting edge of life and survival, and being near the nitty-gritty, like my films, and I like that.

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.

Fear will always be a tenant in your mind, but do not make fear the landlord of your mind.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

A-POC unleashes the freedom of imagination. It's for people who are curious, who have inner energy - the energy of life and living.

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

Tis not, 'my country right or wrong'; tis, 'my country, that which is right to be kept right, that which is wrong to be set right'

The value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself.

Now everyone is a critic.

No woman shall have the legal right to bear a child without a permit for parenthood.

If you look too closely at the form, you miss the Essence.

Never trust a woman whose father calls her 'Princess'. Chances are she believes it.