There are so many stories to tell in the worlds of science fiction the worlds of fantasy and horror that to confine yourself to even doing historical revisionist fiction whatever you want to call it - mash-ups gimmick lit absurdist fiction - I don't know if I want to do that anymore.

When I was a kid I loved 'The Curse of Frankenstein ' 'The Creeping Unknown ' 'X: The Unknown.' I love 'Forbidden Planet ' 'The Thing from Another World.' They were science fiction/horror movies generally.

I'm mostly a novelist these days but I have written short stories in Fantasy Science Fiction and horror.

I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them.

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction especially for horror fantasy science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't.

I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human where the issue is not otherworldly or horror or science fiction.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

I think I've only done one horror movie Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.

The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin bearing Muslim names. Again shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events.

I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.