When the monster has a dimension that allows you to humanize it, that's the route I usually want to go.

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.

Real christians always forgive before they are asked for forgiveness.

He was beautiful and still is, we just couldn’t flow within the same constellation.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off.

I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.

Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!

I am stuck in the 70's. I can't seem to get away from that era.

There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: Revolution by design and invention.

In a story, the craftsmanship is fully exposed. A novel is like charity; it covers a multitude of faults.

It’s a mistake to think that you must feel love to give it.