The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
A lot of it [success] is luck. That's a huge part of it that no one wants to talk about. You just got to be in the right place at the right time.
The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.
Fears are all psychological. Being afraid of death, loss of a loved one and disfigurement are all powered by your mind, and that's very powerful stuff.
We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.
Horror is always the same. It changes with the culture and changes with technology. The stories are always the same. There are just two basic stories in horror, two simple ones -- evil is outside and evil is in here [points to his heart].
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.
We have to know what is Buddhadharma and what is not Buddhadharma. It needn't go on forever. You don't have to spend 18 years at it. But still, a basic and uncompromised understanding of Buddhist principles is important. Very basic: the three signs of being, the four noble rruths, karma, and so on.
The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.