Safety, reputation, their lives, their friends, and their world. Writers typically try to avoid that because it's not expedient.

It's always surprised me that mainstream America had the good taste to like R.E.M. It doesn't have the digestible quality the general public tends to look for in its favorite musicians.

The first horror movie I saw, in first or second grade, was My Bloody Valentine [1981], where there's a deranged killer in a miner mask stalking a small coal town.

There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.

I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the amplification and the lights.

When you create a fence, you keep people out, but you also limit your mobility.

I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.

I've never had a mentor. I've always wanted one. I'm actually really disappointed that nobody took my under their wing.

Looking back, [R.E.M.]videos, by in large, have always been art films. I'm thinking of "Losing My Religion." That's a landmark piece.

There is a value to moving more slowly through a story.

There's also something sexual about watching the nubile girl in terror. But you do take on her fear as your own.

Even when I press against him his presence is too far away.

Preparedness is the key to success and victory.

As far as I can judge, not much good can be done without disturbing something or somebody.

I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.

I think my wife ... is sure of my loyalty.... She knows how hard I work. She knows how tired I am every night. She knows I have fifty or sixty reporters watching me day and night.

I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.

My father was right. Unfortunately, he died before I could tell him.

When did we stop being people, being human?

Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison.

As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward.