I don't play monsters. I play men besieged by fate and out for revenge.

I sometimes feel that I'm impersonating the dark unconscious of the whole human race. I know this sounds sick, but I love it.

It's as much fun to scare as to be scared.

In art, religion, and politics the respect must be mutual, no matter how violent the disagreement.

Man has ruled this world as a stumbling demented child king, long enough. And as his empire crumbles, my precious black widow shall rise as his most fitting successor.

Do you ever rub your eyes and suddenly find you're awake and not asleep, as you'd grown to suspect you were?

We exponents of horror do much better than those Method actors. We make the unbelievable believable. More often than not, they make the believable unbelievable.

A man who limits his interests limits his life.

There is nothing more soul-satisfying than the first succulent bite into the juicy frankfurter.

Art is excitement which if we can't create ourselves, we can at least, through love of it, make available to others.

We may all be a peculiar lot...often broke, often dissatisfied because we're not doing more and better work...but we know how to have a ball that makes the rest of the world seem square.

It was a dictum of his that the soul's energy thrives when the body's desires are feeblest.

To understand the value and priorities of the kingdom is to seek

The idea that men are from Mars and women are from Venus is a bunch of bullshit. Treat her like you would a friend, and you'll wind up with a lover.

The mind is like a fertile garden in which anything that is planted, flowers or weeds, will grow.

When everything is worth money, then money is worth nothing.

God knows how ardently I wish I had ten lives.

It would be morally reprehensible not to tell the truth... Everything I have written has stood the test of time.

I attract to my life whatever I give my attention, energy and focus to, whether positive or negative.

There is no substitute for skill. It is the priceless possession of every great artist in every field of endeavor. It is instinctly felt by an audience and is reflected in the superiority of his work

By doing just a little every day, I can gradually let the task completely overwhelm me.