When I was a little kid, I loved horror films. I always liked being scared.

You can't write something to please someone.

The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer.

I'm a believer in film school.

What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

I love the first hour of a horror movie, the fear and anticipation. Then, when it gets bloody, I lose interest.

In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot by five seconds can just ruin the tension.