There's always a tone that you have to hit right in horror. With the blood, you want to make sure that it makes sense all along.

In my everyday life, I can be as square as I want. But when it comes to movies and telling stories, I can't. I've got to be radical, and on some level, that's what I like to do.

That's kind of my ideal sequel - a movie that continues the story, takes one character and moves on, and moves forward with that character that survived with the first one.

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

There are the horror fans that love the Evil Dead because of the humor, but I’m sure it’s not all of them. Not all horror fans love Evil Dead because of the humor, at least not me.

There's so much stuff going on behind the cameras. Sometimes people think these things are done certain ways and when you watch that you see how hard and down and dirty it was.

Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.

As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.

I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.

In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.

There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

Sometimes even the best of us have to lose ourselves in fantasy to survive reality.

I am not to be underestimated. Overestimated, maybe, but underestimated? No.

A positive life can never come from a mind that dwells on repeated negative interpretations of its experiences.

I'm learning to be braver with colorful clothes, even if they're a little wild.

I don't think I would've ever dared dreaming of becoming a professional cartoonist. I wouldn't set myself up for that disappointment.

In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man.

Life is short. Eat dessert first.

The only way to heal is to look at the Cross, to look at God Who takes upon Himself our sins: my sin is there.

At the ballet, you really feel like you're in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life.