The domination of one's spirit and mind is not a pretty thing, but I think it happens.

I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.

R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts.

Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either.

I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.

As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.

I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors.

I've always loved... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas.

My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.

I used to get headaches in 3D movies, and I didn't want the movie to give people headaches.

I like a good mono track, it's right up front. I don't need all the surrounds telling me there are birds in the neighbourhood.

beauty pertains with everyone. It's just the perception that defines the differences.

Inner peace comes from knowing the ultimate purpose of your life.

The deadly Hydra now is the hydra of Equality. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity is the three-fanged serpent.

The more sophisticated we become - as we pierce reality and see the void beyond - the more our sense of wonder is destroyed, along with our reasons for being.

...man is the only animal that strikes his women-folk.

The real you is on the side of God against the false self

But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan.

We might describe our world as having retail sanity, but wholesale madness.

One of the failures of cellular communication is that tiredness often comes across as sadness.

You know I've never agreed with baths. Sittin' around in your own dirt like that.