Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there.

Much of my youth was spent in the parking lot or inside a Dunkin' Donuts.

I've always dreamed of having a year-round haunted house.

You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand.

The scariest people are usually the sweetest.

Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you're dead. That's how I feel about things.

'Hostel' is that's how I feel about what's going on in Iraq. There's people that just want money and people are being sacrificed for it.

I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group a suicide bomber is the antichrist and to one he's a hero.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

What is important to me is that people know I respect the business of making movies.

I have no tattoos. There's nothing I've even been that into to get a tattoo of it.

Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws.

Work hard, and you will earn good rewards.Work smart, and you will earn great rewards.Work hard and work smart, and you will earn extraordinary rewards.

Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.

When the Wolf King carries the hammer, thus are the final days known. When the fox marries the raven, and the trumpets of battle are blown.

The one single factor that determines society’s success is the percentage of change-makers within it.

Sometimes the best music is when you just put it out there.

If there is one thing left that I would like to do, it's to write something really beautiful. And I could do it, you know. I could still do it.

Private property has made us so stupid and one-sided that an object is only ours when we have it

I think most Americans would agree people should be treated equally and everyone ought to be able to pursue a fulfilling life with the ones they love.

You either hate losing enough to change, or you hate changing enough to lose.