...there's something about maternal love - it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.

When you shoot in America, you have huge beams of sunlight in the windows, very vivid sunlight - it's faster in a way.

Never fly commercial. That's the moral of this story.

I love monsters. If I go to a church, I'm more interested in the gargoyles than the saints. I really don't care much about the idea of normal - that's very abstract to me. I think that perfection is practically unattainable but imperfection is right at hand. So that's why I love monsters: because they represent a side of us we should actually embrace and celebrate.

With supernatural things, I have heard ghosts, but I've never seen ghosts. I do seek ghosts and I would love to see one, but I would crap my pants.

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.

Somebody said to me, in a very well-meaning way, at a screening, "We love the movie but it's too violent. If you tone down the violence you could reach a great audience of kids.".