I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that I saw when I was a kid; anything you see in your formative years is more powerful, because it really stays with you forever. The second category is films that I saw while I was learning the craft of motion pictures.
John CarpenterYou have to fight really hard for a private life, and sometimes you don't have one. It just gets to you after a while. It's tough.
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 CarpenterA lot of it [success] is luck. That's a huge part of it that no one wants to talk about. You just got to be in the right place at the right time.
John Carpenter