The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.

What we read and why we do so defines us in a profound way. You are what you read, I suppose. Browsing through someone’s library is like peeking into their DNA.

We are such skeptics that we find it difficult to believe in God and angels and a spiritual afterlife, but a moment of fear makes our spirit so vulnerable that it allows us to believe in something beyond that.

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly.

I think once a Catholic, always a Catholic. You never escape. I still have Catholic guilt. It is in its basis a really powerful religion and a really strong set of beliefs. They permeate my work in many ways.

I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others

In real life, what scares me is politicians, corporations and people that think they know what the world should be.