Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.'

I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time.

When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence. I want nudity. I want sex and violence mixed together. What's wrong with that? Am I the only one? I don't think so.

I like movies that work on two levels - like The Simpsons, kids can watch it and adults can watch it. Teenagers can watch Hostel and if they want to see a blood and guts violent movie they're going to have a great time. They're going to scream and yell, it's a great date movie because they're going to squeeze their date and their date is probably going to be too scared to go home... so you take them home and put on Dirty Dancing and everybody wins.

I have the infinite galaxy from '2001 as my screensaver - so if I space out while I'm writing and it goes to screensaver, I can just stare off into the stars.

When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director.