There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there's the super vampires, which are a new breed we've created.

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly.

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.

In a world where we are so pragmatic and materialistic, fear is the only emotion that allows even a sophisticated person to believe in something beyond.

You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.

The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.

If you're not operating on an instinctive level, you're not an artist.... Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselves in rules. I find fantasy liberating.

I have a sort of a fetish for insects, clockwork, monsters, dark places, and unborn things

Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.

You have to believe the magic to see it.

Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness.

There is no one way to be a magician any more than there is only one way to be human.

Today's actions will determine our results of tomorrow,

learning to live in the spirit of prayer hour by hour decorates your life with insight and blessings

Don't let others influence your life... make your own decisions if you want your life to be governed by self.... That's lesson for self... learn it to avoid tensions and problems in your life...

Blushes are the rainbow of modesty.

Open the book. (The gilt rubs off the edges of the pages and pollinates the fingertips.)

I think every role is always exciting and intimidating. I've never had a role where I wasn't intimidated by it.

A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.

You have many years to live do things you will be proud to remember when you're old.

There are some amazingly good wines for five dollars a bottle.