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I Think The Important Thing About Staying Creative And Staying Sharp And Original Is Not To Look Back Too Much.

The Experience Of Going To A Theater And Seeing A Movie With A Lot Of People Is Still Part Of The Transformational Power Of The Film, And It's Equivalent To The Old Shaman Telling A Story By The Campfire To A Bunch Of People. That Is A Remarkable Thing, If You Scream And Everyone Else In The Audience Screams, You Realize That Your Fears Are Not Just Within Yourself, They're In Other People As Well, And That's Strangely Releasing.

I Love The Fact That A Lot Of My Audience Is People From The Inner City. African-americans Love My Films.

The First Monster That An Audience Has To Be Scared Of Is The Filmmaker. They Have To Feel In The Presence Of Someone Not Confined By The Normal Rules Of Propriety And Decency.

I Came To Terms With Living Mostly In A World Of Horror Pictures Or Genre Pictures. I Have Had A Few Chances To Get Outside And Do Something Different, Like Paris, Je T'aime Or Music Of The Heart, But Mostly It's Been My Lot. And To Have Created, With A Few Shocking Films, An Awareness Or A Perception Of Me As Somebody Dangerous And Scary - That Can Be Sold, But Trying To Sell Me For Some Other Kind Of Picture, Like Music Of The Heart, Was Very Difficult.