For horror to work, you have to be afraid. You have to keep the monster in a black and white light.

Survival often feels like an indignity.

It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.

For horror to work, you have to be afraid. You have to keep the monster in a black and white light.

I don't want to move over to Beverly Hills. My goal is to make the movies I want to make and support the people I want to support. That's it.

As a first-time director, you cannot have final cut. But as a producer, you can have final cut.

People think you're like The Godfather, waiting for scripts to come in. But, you're hustling, you're desperate, you're panicked and you're horrified. The movie you think you're going to do next, you don't do. The movie you think you're never going to do, you make.