Anybody can make a movie, if you have the will. The digital revolution has made it very inexpensive to make a film. Anybody who wants to can do it.
John CarpenterHorror is a reaction; it's not a genre. Somebody's life would have to be in danger for it [story] to be a horror story.
John CarpenterWe all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.
John CarpenterWay back in the '70s, I was approached to talk about the story I'd write for a Spider-Man movie. They also talked to me about Batman. I had to think about it, but that was way, way back when.
John CarpenterWhen somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a certain age, you have to admire them. It is an act of courage to make a film - a courage for which you are not prepared in the rest of life. It is very hard and very destructive. But we do it because we love it.
John Carpenter