I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly.

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.

In a world where we are so pragmatic and materialistic, fear is the only emotion that allows even a sophisticated person to believe in something beyond.

You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.

The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.

If you're not operating on an instinctive level, you're not an artist.... Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselves in rules. I find fantasy liberating.

I have a sort of a fetish for insects, clockwork, monsters, dark places, and unborn things

Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.

You have to believe the magic to see it.

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness.

Now Darkstripe, ' Graypaw hissed to Firepaw under his breath, 'is neither young, nor pretty.

Confident is the grace of courage.

My integrity means more to me than any fame or money. When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it.

I do limit my exposure to the public. You only have so much time.

When love congeals It soon reveals The faint aroma of performing seals, The double-crossing of a pair of heels. I wish I were in love again!

Always watch the hands. The hands will tell you everything you need to know.

I'm a fan of music, first and foremost. So I do things from the perspective of a fan.

Avarice is as destitute of what it has, as poverty of what it has not.

Art, indeed, began with abstraction.

Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'.