106 Quotes by John Carpenter

It follows a set of regulars that come to the Wrigley Field bleachers every Chicago Cubs game. Most of them have quirky little personalities; most of them are addicted in some way, shape or form to gambling. There is a lot of gambling going on, betting on just about everything from who's going to score next to who's going to get on first base to who's going to catch a fly ball.

I think from the outset there was a prima facie case and this has been vindicated.

Well, 'They Live' was a primal scream against Reaganism of the '80s. And the '80s never went away. They're still with us. That's what makes 'They Live' look so fresh - it's a document of greed and insanity. It's about life in the United States then and now. If anything, things have gotten worse.

We have all been beaten up in our careers, because horror is viewed as a low-rent genre, just a notch or two above pornography. And while it's true that we traffic in dark areas of violence and horror in our profession, because we get everything out on the screen and don't carry it around with us, we really are mostly nice guys.

We have been fortunate not to have more incidents there,

There's not a lot of breadth, so I make sure they have the training, that's how you maintain the edge.

A life jacket will at least keep you floating.

A lot of things that come out of the university are enabling-types of technologies or platforms that can be licensed.

There was no real censorship involved, which is a tantalizing draw,