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."

My initial idea was I wanted to make it a horror film, very much. At times I do enter that world.

I woke up one day and I realized I wasn't born beautiful, but my wife was, so I decided to make a horror film about it: what it would be like to be born beautiful.

Creativity is narcissism. Creativity is falling in love with one's self as you create. It's self-indulgent.

The future is not about what you do, it's about what you stand for.

I think everybody's looking for religion to believe in. I think we all need faith.

The world needs change, change needs an activity. It has to be planted by a thought.