Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems.

Horror is like a serpent; always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. It can't be hidden away like the guilty secrets we try to keep in our subconscious.

Paradise is too perfect for humanity.

Without psychology, the horror film doesn't exist.

Each film I make changes me in some way. When I start the picture I'm one person and by the time I finish I'm another.

Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.

You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring.

I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul.

The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It's a horrible experience.

I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.

Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.

When life throws trials and tribulations towards you, shield your destiny with courage, faith and perseverance.

I've no interest in being thought provoking. Who needs more thoughts. I'd rather go down as one who is thought disposing.

In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.

As many of you know, I was very instrumental in the founding of the Internet

We could easily have evolved eyelids thick enough to keep out the light, but we still need to see the shadows fall across them. We're not yet safe.

When you are corn and roses and at rest I shall endure, a dense and sanguine ghost To haunt the scene where I was happiest To bend above the thing I loved the most

The principle difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there.

I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist.

Oh to be a pear tree – any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing of the beginning of the world!