We have creative freedom because of budgets. Ever since I have been doing low budget movies, we've really had creative freedom.

The scares are the easier part of scary movies. The hard part of scary movies is what leads up to the scares.

I think good suspense and horror is really about creating situations that are relatable, and throwing a wrench in it and watching how people respond to it.

I think the location is almost as important as casting the leads of the movie. The location on The Purge was crucial to that movie working.

My easiest judgment for a script is 'do I want to keep reading it?'

One thing I am very strict about is that I don't like spending a lot of money on movies because the more money you spend I think the worse that they get.

Let's keep making inexpensive movies.

I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand.

I love Hitchcock movies. I took a Hitchcock class in college, so I saw all his movies. I wrote papers on his movies.

For some reason, people value being scared less than they value laughing.

I love musicals. I love horror movies and I love art movies.

When you want to change the world, have you changed yourself lately?

I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it.

Chill penury weighs down the heart itself; and though it sometimes be endured with calmness, it is but the calmness of despair.

I got really excited about Beyoncé, but it was Beyoncé. I think I was more in awe of how pleasant she is.

But when you come to Heritage USA, remember to bring your Bible and your VISA card - because the Bible is the Holy Truth, and God doesnt take American Express

I really don't know where the independent fits in anymore when twenty-five million dollar movies are considered straight-to-video fare. We're like penny postage stamps.

A woman smells well when she smells of nothing.

Friends are readily disappointed by the size of my closet. And I thought it was big!

I wanted to make people feel the same way I feel when I see a good movie.

I am not against hasty marriages where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.