At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes "I'm not my dad" or "I'm not my mom."

Screenplay is the toughest form of writing for me, because you need to be in present tense. You need to be describing things as they occur.

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

There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don't compromise, you don't make movies that would be very lucrative or prestigious or easily understood. And yet I stay attached to the most uncanny premises. It's never been easy.

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

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.

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.