Many, many things are dangerous in our world, commercials and TV are dangerous, and so is the world of sitcoms. But nobody does anything about them because they're turning in alot of money.

Horror films don't create fear. They release it.

I like to address the fears of my culture. I believe it's good to face the enemy, for the enemy is fear.

The first monster that an audience has to be scared of is the filmmaker. They have to feel in the presence of someone not confined by the normal rules of propriety and decency.

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.

I think the important thing about staying creative and staying sharp and original is not to look back too much.

All of us have our individual curses, something that we are uncomfortable with and something that we have to deal with, like me making horror films, perhaps.

As long as you keep the audience on the edge of their seats, either scare them or keep them guessing, you can put anything in there that you want.

I believe the cinema is one of our principal forms of art. It is an incredibly powerful way to tell uplifitng stories that can move people to cry with joy and inspire them to reach for the stars.

If you think it, the camera will see it.

I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally.

God always wants us to see things from heaven's prospective. You may not be doing much to your community but what you are is so important. You are significant.

Apparently if you want to get a boy to like you, you go sort of mysterious and icy and cool. That’s what my cousin said and she has loads of boyfriends and snogging-type experiences.

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

When the gap between ideal and real becomes too wide, the system breaks down.

The more you act the further you get away from the truth.

Artists tend to be beyond embarrassment the way little children tend to be beyond embarrassment.

Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.

There had been lots of crises in my life. And there was plenty of spunk and battle cry still left in me.

But oh! as to embrace me she inclin'd, I wak'd, she fled, and day brought back my night.

I'm finally looking older and inviting my wrinkles.