I've always been a fan of just extreme things. Whether it be in movies, books, TV or real life.

Without really analyzing it, I grew up in Massachusetts, so the Salem witch trials were always something that I was around. The average kindergartner probably doesn't know about it, except that in Massachusetts, you do, because they'll take you on field trips to see reenactments and stuff.

You can't make everyone happy right away, you can't figure out what people want you to do, you just have to do what you want to do and hope it works out.

If there is one thing that, as a director, you don't want to be a part of, it's a group. It's the same thing with music. I don't want to be a part of a scene. Just leave me alone. It's just my nature, and it's nothing against the people that are in that group, but I just like to be left alone.

As far as directors, I'm a big fan of any kind of Billy Wilder stuff. Anything he does.

All the classic bands that have been around forever, they came up gradually.

Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires.