A poor white woman from the South is different than a poor black woman from the South, and has a completely different experience.

I'm always looking for the idea in a scene or the philosophy that makes a scene worth existing beyond exposition.

I love that India has declared dolphins non-human people with all laws that apply to human. I'm fascinated with the alien-ness of that.

Relationships are now off-kilter.

I'm not always successful, but I take my job as a storyteller very seriously and want to make sure the audience has as much fun watching it as I am creating it.

I think you have to write what you want to watch.

As an insecure writer, I'll finish a scene and worry there's a better version of it. Or it could be elevated somehow.

I think accessibility is what often denies horror its deserved attention. So it all depends on the execution and whether mainstream audiences can accept it.

You can't measure a dog's intelligence by giving him a verbal test 'cause it's not on their scale, but that doesn't mean they're not intelligent creatures.

International broadcasters are often dependent on an American home broadcasting network, so it changes the game entirely.

Jesus Christ, being 2000 years old and some change, is a relatively "new" god of the older god category - and has done quite well for himself, in terms of worship.

Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!

Two things I can't stand - sitting and sleeping.

Hobbies are for pleasure, but rituals keep you going.

Suggested remedy for the common cold: A good gulp of whiskey at bedtime-it's not very scientific, but it helps.

Anything that is unexpected is the X-factor.

Were all important in god's eyes.

Everything has a purpose, even this, and it's up to you to find it.

The hell with "love" anyway, and with every other phony, time-wasting, half-assed emotion in the world.

Were all the letters sun, I could not see one.