The whole wide world scares me! Seriously. I think what happens in our world is so much more frightening than anything I can come up with in my movies.

For me, the sound design and the musical score is a big part of what makes scary movies work.

I think the financial restraint really pushes me as a director to be more creative with the way I shoot the film.

I think you can say a lot with the movement of your camera but you can also say a lot by keeping it still.

We're not just horror fans. We're film fans. I love action films. I want to do action films. I want to do romantic comedies. I love all this stuff. So, if I find the good material, I'll do it.

I always believe your instinct is the most correct instinct.

You know music and sound design can be very powerful with how you use it but also the absence of sound can say a lot as well.

There's really no reason to rehash something that you've already seen.

I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous and you cannot take anything for granted.

I'm a big movie fan, and I want to make movies in every genre. I want to make my romantic comedy one day.

I think storytelling is storytelling. It doesn't matter what format it's shot on.

The guy had literally been through hell and back. Even when he wasn’t trying, he made the toilets explode. What would Percy be like if he wanted to act scary?

Where does a thought go when it's forgotten?

Given all that lies beyond mycontrol, I obsess about the few things I can control

How do you do that?” Mennis asked, frowning. “What?” “Smile so much.” “Oh, I’m just a happy person.

Architecture is too slow in its realisation to be a 'problem solver'.

After a crisis we tell ourselves we understand why it happened and maintain the illusion that the world is understandable. In fact, we should accept the world is incomprehensible much of the time.

When you hear my music and you feel the emotion, it's real. When you see me in a film and you see a tear, it's real.

My path is exactly where I want it to be. I'm doing my thing. I'm getting better with every album.

All crosses are easier to carry when we keep moving.

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.