I'm very hard on myself when it comes to writing.

The definition of horror is pretty broad. What causes us "horror" is actually a many splendored thing (laughs). It can be hard to make horror accessible, and that's what I think Silence of the Lambs did so brilliantly - it was an accessible horror story, the villain was a monster, and the protagonist was pure of heart and upstanding so it had all of these great iconographic elements of classic storytelling. It was perceived less as a horror movie than an effective thriller, but make no mistake, it was a horror movie and was sort of sneaky that way.

I went to school to be a psychiatrist. That's where I was going until I had a teacher-student conference with one of my teachers and there were film school pamphlets, and he said, "You don't belong here. Get out. Go to film school."

I do love animals so much, and have a great respect for them emotionally and intellectually, because they are so different from human beings.

As an insecure writer, I'll finish a scene and worry there's a better version of it. Or it could be elevated somehow.

I think you have to write what you want to watch.

Relationships are now off-kilter.