Creativity is very self-indulgent.

The first person I ever described the film [The Neon Demon] to was Christina Hendricks [who has a cameo in the movie]. We were having dinner in LA and she asked me what I wanted to do next and I said, "I want to do a horror movie." And she goes, "What's it going to be about?" And I said, "A lot of blood and high heels."

I grew up in the '80s and John Hughes was the filmmaker making serious movies for teenagers.

Jenna Malone was a very important piece of how the film [The Neon Demon] turned out.

I like the early comic book characters more than the new ones.

Financially, it was very successful. Which is the most important thing. That is the only way you get to make another movie. It's very simple. The market will value you.

The idea of narcissism, essentially, is and will be accepted as a virtue.