It's in the public domain. That's one of the reasons I do it so much. But luckily, it's a brilliant film [ Night Of The Living Dead]. Every horror aficionado must see that film at least once.

Since I always go to work as Elvira, maybe a giant version of a cat. A black cat. I love cats and I think Elvira would look really good sitting on one.

If I retire doing the character, I don't think the character has to retire. There will still be caricatures of Elvira. You know, Dracula still works, and he's dead.

I love the old movies from my past, when I was growing up. I just have a special place in my heart for them. They kind of feel like comfort food to me, so watching them is just cozy and warm.

Horror, for me, has to involve some sort of fantasy. Horror is something that is in your dreams or your nightmares.

When I was into The Beatles, I cut my hair into a Beatle haircut, which looked so ridiculously stupid with my little cat-eye glasses that I wore.

Actually, when I was little I even dreamed about riding a black cat.

If ever there was a holiday that deserves to be commercialized, it's Halloween. We haven't taken it away from kids. We've just expanded it so that the kid in adults can enjoy it, too.

I knew I would grow up and wear a costume one day, and that's exactly what happened.

I've probably said a million times in my life something about, "All those people are just lemmings. They'd follow each other off a cliff." Well, no such thing.

I ended up spending some time with Jimi Hendrix and hanging out with him, and that was beyond awesome.

A translation is no translation, ’ he said, ‘unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it.

Concentrate on the goodness in the other, rather than the difference.

Knowledge is power, community is strength and positive attitude is everything

When we ask people to live their lives through our models, we are potentially reducing life itself. How can we ever know what we might be losing?

Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the World will suffice for me in the future.

Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.

You confuse not speaking with not listening.

Few things turn-off an audience more than a performer with an air of self-imporance or a 'message.'

If you're really a mean person you're going to come back as a fly and eat poop.

You live a thousand lives when you read a thousand books.