"If you do not believe that listening to the best people in the business telling you what they know will help you succeed, then you have allowed your ego and arrogance to get the best of you."

“You need to know your craft.”

“You know, the best thing you can say about a horror film is, 'Don't see it.'”

Source : Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. January 30, 2011.

“The most effective way of destroying art is the canonization of one given form. And one philosophy.”

“I got into being vegan because I was simply looking to benefit from being more compassionate. I have since come to learn that it is an animal-based diet that is responsible for the overwhelming majority of cases of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, multiple sclerosis, and all kinds of other problems.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Art too is just a way of living.”

“I'd love to do a really cheap action movie. I'd love to do stunts. I mean, not myself. I'd hurt myself, but I'd love to direct others doing stunts. I think that would be a blast. The funny thing is, if I really think through this fantasy, I know that the way I conceive of doing an action movie would still lose money. No matter how far I think I'm getting away from myself, it always comes back to something that's not terribly commercial.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

“She who desires peace must see, suffer and be silent.”

“I watch every reality show out there.”