Without context, things are not scary. Without context, like humor, horror doesn't work.

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.

Make your heart your heaven.

How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?

A chance is what you take before you think about it. A calculated risk is what you take after you have evaluated all possible factors and have determined that risk

A forty and a blunt, that's all she really wants.

Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.

Music strikes the ear as a perfectly undisturbed uniform sound which remains unaltered as long as it exists.

On earth the living have much to bear; the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.

Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.

I hope I am a psychotherapist's dream. I've spent enough hours in therapy.

You definitely feel a little exposed, because some of your friends call you like, "Man, I need that much."