The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you're not a traveler. You're a f@@king tourist.

For me, lost causes are the only ones that are worth fighting for. The other stuff is not worth fighting for.

for in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing.

For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.

You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.

There's nothing that defines who you are more than boundaries, whether you cross them or not, in every aspect of your life, and horror is a really great boundary.

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.