I was paralyzed from the chest down when I was 19, so I kind of put my head together about dying, and I think I've come to terms with it.
Interpretation
The quote reflects an acceptance of mortality and the challenges of life after a profound physical setback.
Wes Craven's quote expresses a journey through suffering and acceptance following a life-altering event. By confronting the reality of his condition and the concept of death, he illustrates the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity, highlighting the importance of mental fortitude and personal reconciliation with lifeβs inevitable challenges.
In practice
In a speech about overcoming challenges, one might reference this quote to emphasize perseverance.
That's what's great about the horror genre is that you're getting a load of people together in the cinema at the same place and the same time, having them all experience extreme fear and come out alive at the end. It's an uplifting experience, and there's a sense of elation.
You don't enter the theater and pay your money to be afraid. You enter the theater and pay your money to have the fears that are already in you when you go into a theater dealt with and put into a narrative.
If something comes along that is totally outside of horror, fine, but I find there's an immense amount of freedom within the genre.
You have to be aware of what the audience's expectations are, and then you have to pervert them, basically, and hit them upside the head from a direction they weren't looking.
I couldn't find an actor to play Freddy Krueger with the sense of ferocity I was seeking. Everyone was too quiet, too compassionate towards children. Then Robert Englund auditioned.
Looking back now, if I went to film school, it probably would have helped knowing what the best of the best of foreign films were, but that wasn't the case. In some ways, I think that led to my originality, because I hadn't seen anybody else.
Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight
I always knew I was gay. I always knew that somehow it would work out.
My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring
The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown.
There is a certain impertinence in allowing oneself to be burned for an opinion.
I don't think I'm fearless at all. I think anybody who says they're fearless doesn't last very long. I think I'm pretty cautious, actually.
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