I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.

I just tell you what a pleasure it is to get back to the kind of filmmaking I used to be allowed to do.

The human race is fundamentally insane. If you put two of us into a room together we're soon gonna start figuring out good reasons to kill one another.

I think once you've finished a movie you really have to detach from it so that you can come back and watch it as an audience member.

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.

I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.

The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects.