A lot of the reasons why people are annoyed at found footage movies is because people look at it like it's easy and that they could do it, too.

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.

There isa time to liveand a time to diebut never to reject the moment.

My Epitaph:THIS is Plan B

[denial] is an attempt to bring order to our lives.

Believe that sometimes choices in life aren't always what we WANT. But sometimes, they're what we NEED

Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.

It is a mistake to let aesthetics drive your rational decision making.

Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.

Never, ever, sacrifice what you want the most, for what you want the most at that moment.

To talk about the reality of life here and the work that you do here at the university.

Conran's Law of Housework - it expands to fill the time available plus half an hour.