I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand.

The scares are the easier part of scary movies. The hard part of scary movies is what leads up to the scares.

I think good suspense and horror is really about creating situations that are relatable, and throwing a wrench in it and watching how people respond to it.

I think the location is almost as important as casting the leads of the movie. The location on The Purge was crucial to that movie working.

My easiest judgment for a script is 'do I want to keep reading it?'

One thing I am very strict about is that I don't like spending a lot of money on movies because the more money you spend I think the worse that they get.

Let's keep making inexpensive movies.

I love Hitchcock movies. I took a Hitchcock class in college, so I saw all his movies. I wrote papers on his movies.

For some reason, people value being scared less than they value laughing.

I love musicals. I love horror movies and I love art movies.

You can't be a creative person and not fall in love with everything. Every movie I've made there's a complicated, twisted love affair with.

Don’t resist. Accept it to create memories, and then let it go.

LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.

I was sitting in the toilet and I was by myself. I was tired of playing with the roller, so I said I'd better write a book.

Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.

I didn't realize it was October until I saw the Chicago Cubs choking.

Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts.

There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.

Elvis is bound to be dead. Look at all the vultures in his vicinity.

If you can engage the influencer’s passions, and work with them to craft a compelling logical appeal, then you can leverage the credibility of the influencer to actually sway hearts and minds.

It's fun; baseball's fun.