I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation.

Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.

As a filmmaker, I ask questions but don't have answers. Moviemaking is a philosophical exploration. I invite the audience to come on the journey and discover what they think and feel.

Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab.

All stereotypes turn out to be true. This is a horrifying thing about life. All those things you fought against as a youth: you begin to realize they're stereotypes because they're true.

I can't imagine a life without humor. Especially if you have an existential understanding of life, you must acknowledge the absurdity of it all.

My understanding of life is very existential. I think that we are our bodies. There's nothing else, and when we die, that's it. No afterlife.

I like to laze around. I think that's a huge part of creativity. You have to let your mind relax and then another part of your brain suddenly connects with the solution you're trying to find.

Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion.

When I am creating art, I have absolutely no social responsibility. It's like dreaming.

Consciousness is the original sin: consciousness of the inevitability of our death.

Whenever you feel hatred to your loved ones, start thinking about the love you felt once for your beloved.

Just take this as a warning. Know that there's always a price for not being yourself.

Always accept good advices from others, they will help you out if you are facing any complications in life

There aren't that many policy changes you can do, so I'd say you ride the wave and hope that maybe some of the external events help you.

When the multitude detests a man, inquiry is necessary; when the multitude likes a man, inquiry is equally necessary.

It is easier to show the disorder that must accompany reform than the order that should follow it.

An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good as it is.

I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways.

Attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun.

The wheel begins its only if turning. / It had never stopped. / This is life's bargain that motion / Is hope.