Horror films are very functional like comedies. The main thing with a comedy, the big question is "is it funny?" And with horror the question is "is it scary?"

I remember telling ghost stories with my cousins when I was four, five, six-years-old. I've just always loved it. But I think you're drawn to things you're terrified of.

I have a suspicious mind, and murder is kind of my business.

Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

Where God is not glorified, that place is sick

Ive had many idols growing up. The inclination for idol worship comes naturally to me. Or it did, anyway. I think Ive gotten over it. It came as naturally to me as wanting to act.

As the dead rise to live, the live sink to die, the currents are deep and raging inside.

You may feel like a voice in the wilderness, but it is your voice we are waiting to hear...you are the determining factor.

The glow of inspiration warms us; this holy rapture springs from the seeds of the Divine mind sown in man.

Not only do you have to trust the definite, you must also trust the uncertainty.

There's something about taking a classic movie that people love and doing another version of that, you're setting yourself up for a mistake.

If you're a writer you know that the stories don't come to you, you have to go looking for them. The old men in the lobby: that's where the stories were.