When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.

Honestly, when you're writing you try to stay on the story, on the character's mind, trying to throw stuff at them. There is danger, and the scares have to kick in the right places with the drama. And you try not to do too much to try to create those moments. Those moments create themselves.

As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.

I like to get the audiences cozy in their seats, feeling safe, and suddenly they'll be shocked out of their minds.

When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.

I'm inspired when I find out about something that I didn't know was a remake.

I take things from everywhere, and I still haven't figured out where I took [some things] from.