I really wanted the house to be a character. And I knew, I said, I'll produce that one, but if I direct it, I need to build a house.

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.

Respect, reverence, self-esteemAre my basic requisites I refuse to be a competitorWho struggles for personal rights

So long as this struggle known as life goes on, there will always be the music to fit the mood and make it better.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

There is a big age gap between my sisters Janice and Irma and myself so I didn't know them that well when I was younger although they have been very supportive in later life.

Doing nothing is opting for the sweetness of stillness...Instead of fighting with that which you cannot control, you might as well just see it through.

Life must be rich and full of loving--it's no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.

No broken hearts, no broken necks.

We must serve the people worthily, and not occupy ourselves in trying to please them. The best way, to gain their affections is to do them good.

Your dog is your only philosopher.

Marriage is a plastic flower - marriage is an institution. And who wants to live in an institution?