I Had A Talent For

Horror Found Me. I Got Into The Movie Business To Make Westerns.

Directing Is All About Storytelling. It's Not About Equipment, Or Anything Else.

Movies Are Pieces Of Film Stuck Together In A Certain Rhythm, An Absolute Beat, Like A Musical Composition. The Rhythm You Create Affects The Audience.

I Stopped Directing In 2001 For - Oh, Damn - Four Or Five Years, Until I Did The Tv Series 'masters Of Horror.' I Had Been Working Steadily As A Director Since 1970. That's A Long Time. I Was Burned Out.

Horror Stories Have Always Worked On Film. It's Where They Work. That's Where Vampires And Ghosts And Ufos Are Real. They're Not Particularly Real In Life, But They're Real On The Screen. It's The Communal Aspect Of Movie-watching.