The only way I think about kids in production is practically, the younger the kids are the harder it is to shot the movie.

The scares are the easier part of scary movies. The hard part of scary movies is what leads up to the scares.

I think good suspense and horror is really about creating situations that are relatable, and throwing a wrench in it and watching how people respond to it.

I think the location is almost as important as casting the leads of the movie. The location on The Purge was crucial to that movie working.

My easiest judgment for a script is 'do I want to keep reading it?'

One thing I am very strict about is that I don't like spending a lot of money on movies because the more money you spend I think the worse that they get.

Let's keep making inexpensive movies.

I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand.

I love Hitchcock movies. I took a Hitchcock class in college, so I saw all his movies. I wrote papers on his movies.

For some reason, people value being scared less than they value laughing.

I love musicals. I love horror movies and I love art movies.

Many people read History books but it takes just a few people to LEAD the cause that will shape the course of HISTORY.

I was the first spokesperson for the Better Hearing Institute in Washington. And that's the message we tried to send out - there is hearing help out there, and the technology and options are amazing.

The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.

I grew up on comic books. 'X-Men' was my favorite team; Wolverine was my guy. At 8 years old, I dressed up as Wolverine with Adamantium claws that I made out of aluminum!

While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.

I do not murmur, even if my heart break.

You can't make a cloudy day a sunny day, but can embrace it and decide it's going to be a good day after all.

The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.

I dont think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.

Stretch a hand to one unfriended And thy loneliness is ended.