People say you're trapped in this genre. You're a horror guy. I say wait a minute - I'm able to say exactly what I think. I'm able to talk about, comment about, take snapshots of what's going on at the time. I don't feel trapped. I feel like this is my way of being able to express myself.

We're always observing, and we're cautious people. We really want attention, but at the same time, we're ashamed of wanting attention. All those bizarre qualities of being outside are necessary for being a writer.

There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.

I make my films because I'm affected by a situation, by something that makes me want to reflect on it, that lends itself to an artistic reflection. I always aim to look directly at what I'm dealing with. I think it's a task of dramatic art to confront us with things that in the entertainment industry are usually swept under the rug.

The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste.

On certain occasions art can shake very ordinary spirits, and whole worlds can be revealed by its clumsiest interpreters.