video games are the comic books of our time... It's a medium that gains no respect among the intelligentsia".

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly.

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.

In a world where we are so pragmatic and materialistic, fear is the only emotion that allows even a sophisticated person to believe in something beyond.

You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.

The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.

If you're not operating on an instinctive level, you're not an artist.... Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselves in rules. I find fantasy liberating.

I have a sort of a fetish for insects, clockwork, monsters, dark places, and unborn things

Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.

You have to believe the magic to see it.

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness.

Listen, if you want peace you must learn to drink cha from an empty cup.

Tearing money is an impiety, like throwing away bread.

My country tis of thee, to take swings at each other on talk show TV.

I've always said, I prefer the opera to the soap - those extreme characters and circumstances.

I break bones, I break people, I break spirits!

I'm not inspired by songwriting at all; that took place years ago. I'm pretty well established, as far as my influences go. I don't listen to music anymore. It all sounds the same to me.

Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria.

I have several videos on my phone that I’ve never released. Having dance parties in our car, don’t be jealous!

You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing.

No one could be still like Edward.