You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.

Nobody had his [Ed Wood's] style. That's something I try to do in my films. You have your own kind of cryptic messages in there - cryptic things that most people wouldn't understand but are important to you. Things that kind of keep you going through the process.

I'm going to put that on my gravestone. "He created such a category of unwanted pop culture - Famous for directing unwanted cultural references".

But she knows she has a curse on her, a curse she cannot win. For if someone gets too close to her, the pins stick further in.

There was one moment, and it happened in school. I had a big final exam - we were supposed to write a 20-page report on this book about Houdini. I probably would have loved reading it, but I didn't, so I just decided to make a little super-8 movie based on it. I tied myself to the railroad tracks and all that. I mean, this is kid stuff, but it impressed the teacher, and I got an A. And that was maybe my first turning point, when I said, 'Yeah, I wouldn't mind being a filmmaker.'

If I had a choice about going to a meeting at a studio or changing a nappy, I'd choose the nappy.

Don't worry about how you 'should' draw it. Just draw it the way you see it.