Movies are pieces of film stuck together in a certain rhythm, an absolute beat, like a musical composition. The rhythm you create affects the audience.
John CarpenterWhat a director does... essentially, it's storytelling, but a director also controls the feeling and the sounds and the texture. It's an act of creation, like a symphony or a painting or a story. But with different tools.
John CarpenterThe strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.
John Carpenter