I enjoyed 'The Avengers.' I couldn't do that kind of movie though. Superheroes aren't my deal.

It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture.

The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.

Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else.

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.

To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.

Movies are pieces of film stuck together in a certain rhythm, an absolute beat, like a musical composition. The rhythm you create affects the audience.

We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.

A lot of it [success] is luck. That's a huge part of it that no one wants to talk about. You just got to be in the right place at the right time.

Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns.

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.

Any society that justifies violence against any human being for any reason will be a violent society. It will ultimately infect and affect the whole society. Everyone will suffer.

The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it

Be grown enough to do whatever you want to, but wise enough to always do the right thing.

The law of simplicity and naïveté applies to all fine art, for it is compatible with what is most sublime.

It's an honor to be compared with Terry Bradshaw. If I could do half of what he did, I'd be very happy.

My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind

We cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are. Then change seems to come about almost unnoticed.

Sometimes I smile so big, I get scared that my face is gonna explode.

To find rest unto our souls includes peace of mind and heart, which is the result of learning and following the doctrine of Christ.

I think you make mistakes, especially in your twenties, where you date guys you wouldn't even be friends with - ever.