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There are two different stori...

There are two different stories in horror: internal and external. In external horror films, the evil comes from the outside, the other tribe, this thing in the darkness that we don't understand. Internal is the human heart.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

Way back in the '70s, I was a...

Way back in the '70s, I was approached to talk about the story I'd write for a Spider-Man movie. They also talked to me about Batman. I had to think about it, but that was way, way back when.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

I stopped directing in 2001 f...

I stopped directing in 2001 for 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.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

I can play just about any key...

I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

I had a talent for scoring fi...

I had a talent for scoring films; I just developed it.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

A lot of it [success] is luck...

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.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

To make movies you just have ...

To make movies you just have to want it enough. You have to have the passion for telling stories. You have to get by the love-of-movies aspect. You can't just be a movie fan.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

Anybody can make a movie, if ...

Anybody can make a movie, if you have the will. The digital revolution has made it very inexpensive to make a film. Anybody who wants to can do it.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

I stopped directing in 2001 f...

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.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

The strongest human emotion i...

The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

Child pornography is taboo. T...

Child pornography is taboo. There are really no such things as snuff films. That's a legend. But movies are like pieces of dreams, and we don't need to go into those dreams. Those dreams are beyond. Child pornography - it's horrible. Human suffering is a horrible thing in real life.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

Horror stories have always wo...

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.

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Horror has been a genre since...

Horror has been a genre since the beginning of cinema, all the way back to the days of silent films. I don't think it will ever go away because it's so universal. Humor doesn't always travel to other countries, but horror does.

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I've gone through various per...

I've gone through various periods with superheroes. They work in the right hands, but they don't work in other hands. It's tricky. But any movie is tricky. It's impossible to say, 'This is what you do in any situation.

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From a will: And to my commun...

From a will: And to my communist nephew Oswald, I leave the sum of 10,000 pounds - to be shared equally with his fellow Britishers.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

Horror is always the same. It...

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].

John Carpenter 69 quotes

We all question our sanity. E...

We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

As a filmmaker, it's about su...

As a filmmaker, it's about surviving and lasting. So many talented people that I've known in my life - directors and writers - just haven't made it and haven't had a chance.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

I'm pretty happy with who I a...

I'm pretty happy with who I am. I like myself and what I'm doing. I don't need to be the world's greatest director or the most famous -- or the richest. I don't need to make a whole lot of great films. I can do my job and I can do it pretty well. This is the realization I've come to, later in life. It's called growing up.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

You play with everything you'...

You play with everything you've got. I'm not a lover of cheap tricks. I've always loved playing with people, but there's no rule about it. You try everything you can.

John Carpenter 69 quotes

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