"I didn't even know what a horror film was. I kind of made it up as I went along."
- Wes Craven
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"Horror films don't create fear. They release it. "
- Wes Craven
"It's great to be thought of as the master of anything. Even idiocy. Master of idiocy, Wes Craven. But if it's master of horror or fear or whatever, that's great."
- Wes Craven
"I believe the cinema is one of our principal forms of art. It is an incredibly powerful way to tell uplifitng stories that can move people to cry with joy and inspire them to reach for the stars. (Talks about horror movies)"
- Wes Craven
"It's like boot camp for the psyche. "
- Wes Craven
"I like to address the fears of my culture. I believe it's good to face the enemy, for the enemy is fear."
- Wes Craven
"The first monster that an audience has to be scared of is the filmmaker. They have to feel in the presence of someone not confined by the normal rules of propriety and decency."
- Wes Craven
"Something like Nightmare On Elm Street, to me, was kind of an examination of levels of consciousness and the pain of facing the truth, and how easy it is to fall asleep, or want to fall asleep."
- Wes Craven
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