Self-confidence is usually little more than wishful thinking in a thigh-high pair of Come F*ck Me boots.

I think horror, when done well, is one of the most direct and honest ways to get to the core of the human experience because terror reduces all of us to our most authentic forms.

They want to be stimulated. They want to read something that can get under their skin and hang out there for a while.

Any writer of horror needs to at least have a good, solid love of the genre. Also, good horror writers need to have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Without humor, horror just isn’t as good.

Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.

It is good to stop by the track for a space, put aside the knapsack, wipe the brows, and talk a little of the upper slopes of the mountain we think we are climbing, would but the trees let us see it.

It gave an appalling idea of the value of an hour, and I thought I could never waste one again without remorse and terror.

For often, when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream.

I've stuck by being modest, honest and humble, because I think you'll get more appreciated that way and we all want to be appreciated in this world.

The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God.

The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.

I think when a time comes, a change comes, and you have to recognize the change but also believe in yourself.

But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.

The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, and strictly adheres to method and discipline; thus it is in his power to control success.