Death in the horror movies is when the monsters get you.

We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other ... except through faith.

Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.

Most gothics are overplotted novels whose success or failure hinges on the author's ability to make you believe in the characters and partake of the mood.

Some werewolves are hairy on the inside.

The most classic horror tale of this latter type is the Old Testament story of Job, who becomes human Astro-Turf in a kind of spiritual Superbowl between God and Satan.

There's something better than an 'excuse' for your mistake, which is 'now you know how to stop it from happening again'.

Innovation comes from the Latin, “Innovare” - It means to change or alter things that already exist.

I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.

Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning!

It is not in the power of every one to taste humor, however he may wish it; it is the gift of God! and a true feeler always brings half the entertainment along with him.

What makes America great is peaceful protests and exercising your constitutional rights.

i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live

You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.

[When you're on fire] it feels like nobody's out there, you're playing by yourself. You don't care how good a defender is guarding you.

What preys on my mind is simply this one question: what am I good for, could I not be of service or use in some way?