I love the creation of these things — I love the sculpting, I love the coloring. Half the joy is fabricating the world, the creatures.

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.

Before she could ponder what on earth he meant or come up with a proper response, he took their charade a step further.He kissed her.

He oft finds med'cine, who his griefe imparts; But double griefs afflict concealing harts, As raging flames who striveth to supresse.

To possess is past the instant; we achieve the joy, immortality contented, were anomaly.

I am the lead on NBC's 'Siberia,' and I loved that experience.

India's way is not Europe's. India is not Calcutta and Bombay. India lives in her seven hundred thousand villages.

When we brand things, our brains perceive them as more special and valuable than they actually are.

Did I become court composer through masterful procrastination? Hardly!

If you can get someone to laugh with you, they will be more willing to identify with you, listen to you. It parts the waters.

My intention is to live more fully each moment with who - how - I actually am, not who I imagine I will be one day.

Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to say yes.