I've been lucky enough to have had the luxury of being able to make the picture I've wanted to make each time on my own terms and without compromise.

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.

When you are able to love yourself deeply, you can be kind to others.

You fear no inferno when you are born amidst flames.It’s another flesh wound, another lasting burn.Carry them with you.

Life is about discovering things worth dying for.

If you do nothing, you’ll have nothing. If you do something spectacular, you will have something spectacular.

You don't know yourself.

What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.

The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.

Marriage equality does not diminish the worth of your relationships; it simply recognises the worth of ours.

Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don't get out much. It's true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.

I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation.