I was not sympathetic to the assumption that criminals had radically different motivations from everyone else.

A creative person, a very creative person, is always alone, impatient and frustrated.

Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and they take you into a world of association.

I put the cameras on her and told her to be obnoxious as she could possibly could be. She was.

Obviously any time you play home in front of your own fans, you definitely get a distinct advantage that way.

I think therapy can also be a bit of a weird thing, because it's amazing, and I think it's so vital, and it's helped me in so many ways, but it also does uncover things that you probably would never...

I don't believe I'm psychic, but if I can get people to focus on a specific thought, I can hack into brains and figure out what they're thinking.

Every time the DSM prepares for a new edition, there are countless groups lobbying to get their particular mental illness recognized by the diagnostic manual. Surely, this is a social and cultural...

I really learned that, when I got into television, I really learned the power, how deeply it affects people to see themselves on television, to see something that they can relate to, that they feel is...

Revenge is a powerful motivator.

I'm primarily interested in examining human issues.

There is a drunkenness to grief, which is good.

I think people don't want to be persuaded. And people don't even like to do the persuading.

As for testosterone, it's gotten a bum rap. Yes, it has tons to do with aggression but it doesn't cause aggression as much as sensitizes you to the environmental triggers of aggression.

I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.

The idea of wanting to do something that's completely natural and then having to repress it is something that I find fascinating.

My parents were divorced when I was 11, and it made such a profound impression on my life that I suppose I thought that by not getting married, you could avoid your life being carved in two.

Humans cannot avoid trying to influence others. Everything we say or do is examined and interpreted by others for clues as to our intentions.

I think every human being in the world appreciates being encouraged and acknowledged.

They say that women's sexual peaks are in their 30s or 40s, and I think that it happens because they're more comfortable. It's not some hormonal change that happens at that age. Of course, it would be...

I think I'd have to say that 'The Shining' is my scariest movie ever.

I just think there is so much irrational pessimism in the world.

Sometimes players don't like to be dropped and, when they don't like something, they react.

One thing that I would like to get across is that even the most horrible events do have explanations that we can understand. And it's not always comfortable for us to understand, because in order to...

Different people bring out different aspects of one's personality.

Horror's just better in a room full of people that are just freaking out.

The genre of horror is really just a way to manage much larger, much more terrifying realities in our daily worlds.

More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.

The fastest way to get me to go out and do something is to tell me no way I can do it.

I never give my real self. I have a hundred sides, and I turn first one way and then the other. I am playing a deep game. I have a number of strong cards up my sleeve. I have never been myself,...