I like women, especially beautiful ones. If they have a good face and figure, I would much prefer to watch them being murdered than an ugly girl or man.

I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems.

Horror is like a serpent; always shedding its skin, always changing. And it will always come back. It can't be hidden away like the guilty secrets we try to keep in our subconscious.

Paradise is too perfect for humanity.

Without psychology, the horror film doesn't exist.

Each film I make changes me in some way. When I start the picture I'm one person and by the time I finish I'm another.

Horror by definition is the emotion of pure revulsion. Terror of the same standard, is that of fearful anticipation.

You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring.

I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul.

The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It's a horrible experience.

I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.

Put your trust in God my boys and keep your powder dry!

I never wore full-on eyeliner in high school, but I wanted to.

When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.

The judges say, make it your own, so I just remixed a song if I felt like the piece needed it

It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture.

I spent an awful lot of time with Hemingway. And Hemingway had a remarkable ability to reach very noble goals through sometimes ignoble means.

I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.

I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death.

All of your life you have been told that God created you. I come now to tell you this: You are creating God.

The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute, that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows.