157 Quotes by Wes Craven

There’s more emphasis on art and culture in Europe than there is in the United States and I think that a lot of American directors and writers are just trying to copy other American horror films, they don’t pick up much in the way that European filmmakers do.

It’s quite rare that you make something and think that you did something that no-one else had done.

If you’re in a theater, people are texting, all around you. You have the little glowing screens everywhere. Think of how annoying that can be.

I think that there has been a slow recognition that there’s a mind at work here, and there’s a skill and some bit of artistry, and that I could probably do other things. Otherwise, I don’t know that I would’ve been given the opportunity to do Paris, Je T’Aime.

I’m having a reputation of being somebody who will not be crazy. Not descend to doing drugs and spending an enormous amount of money, and instead delivering a product to people. Something they can sell and recoup their money and make a profit.

Many, many things are dangerous in our world, commercials and TV are dangerous, and so is the world of sitcoms. But nobody does anything about them because they’re turning in alot of money.

My mother wouldn’t even let me read DC Comics.

Stories and narratives are one of the most powerful things in humanity. They're devices for dealing with the chaotic danger of existence.

You want to give the person as much freedom as you can within the boundaries of being a responsible producer with a contract to a studio. It's about giving as much freedom as you can, and the more the filmmaker proves he or she is on the track that you feel good about, then you just kind of watch dailies.