Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.

I have my dark side. You have your dark side. From the second that we have a brain, there are things that are not right - we are human beings with all these illusions and complexes and everything. That's attractive to me.

It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education.

I'm extremely unbearable. You know, I'm narcissistic and at the same time I'm very charming - I think.

I think that all stories - if you make movies about zombies and aliens - it has always to do with your personal story. If not directly, it is about your fears, your obsessions, things like that.

I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.

It's cinematographic to smoke. Imagine Lauren Bacall without a cigarette.