As a journalist you have to think quickly, you're exposed to all types of people and situations and you've got to synthesize your thoughts in a very clear and concise way and write them down quickly. Those were all things that have proven really useful in my life as a television writer.

Usually monsters are some aspect of human behavior or humanity at large.

The beauty of a really good movie is that it's a whole world, complete in an hour and a half or two hours.

It's my belief that when you're dealing with the supernatural, the supernatural still has to trump we mortals, it still has to be more powerful than we are. You can't really defeat it. You can live to fight another day but it's very rare that a human being can actually destroy a supernatural force.

If my whole game depends on whether you can guess the ending or not, I'm done, forget it.

If people walk out of the movie and they think about it, then that's quite something.

I like projects that are entertaining, where I'm emotionally engaged and there's something to think about afterwards.