"I've always been fascinated by the dark side of human nature. I think it's important to explore that, to understand it, even if it's uncomfortable."

"The very nature of the film medium demands that the director be a kind of dictator. You have to be."

"I think that the human mind is a very fragile thing, and that it can be easily corrupted."

"Perhaps it's a good thing that we are not always able to understand the things we create."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."