Scott Derrickson

I think it's important for anyone who takes cinema seriously not to limit yourself to just optimistic or happy movies. I think…

— Scott Derrickson

Kurosawa is my hero, and I've taught courses on his films, and I love what he does, and 'Rashomon' is, I think,…

— Scott Derrickson

I always liked the idea in 'Potter' that you don't choose the wand, the wand chooses you, and that relics decide when…

— Scott Derrickson

In my films, I either want the music to be very subtle and very buried or just put it right out in…

— Scott Derrickson

There's a whole, that is a whole subgenre within martial arts cinema. The supernatural martial arts movie. Particularly within Asian cinema.

— Scott Derrickson

The momentum of my creative life and intellectual growth is still the momentum of breaking out of fundamentalism. Because of that, I'm…

— Scott Derrickson

If you look at life with any honesty and intelligence, it's clear that human nature is dark, vile, selfish, and despondent. But…

— Scott Derrickson

Flannery O'Connor is my creative hero. I think she's the greatest American writer. Her book, 'Mystery and Manners,' is my creative bible.

— Scott Derrickson

I'm married to a nurse, and she is really, really ardent that - in screenplays or movies that I've worked on, that…

— Scott Derrickson

For something to be completely evil is to be nothing. Satan has good attributes - intelligence, for instance - but they are…

— Scott Derrickson

The evil within the fantasy genre tends to be threatening to the heroes within the story, but not to the reader -…

— Scott Derrickson

At the end of the day, a "jump scare" scares the audience for the moment. Slow burn horror ideas scare people forever.

— Scott Derrickson

Corporate America limits the world to consumerism. Science can limit it to the material world. Even religion limits it to a lot…

— Scott Derrickson

What I desire most in my life is to become a better person. I genuinely want to be good.

— Scott Derrickson

My interest in the comic goes back a long time, because I grew up reading comics, mostly Marvel Comics, and I always…

— Scott Derrickson

I grew up reading comics - mostly Marvel - Doctor Strange was my favourite comic book and has remained my favourite as…

— Scott Derrickson

If we're not compelled to gain a deeper understanding of good and evil, how can we make the world a better place?…

— Scott Derrickson

I can't imagine making something that is made only to be scary. For me, the darkness and scary material has to have…

— Scott Derrickson

Some of the most intelligent people I've met in my life are priests and pastors; now, a lot of them aren't that,…

— Scott Derrickson

I have friends who are scientists, strict materialists, who don't think science and religion are compatible, but I just think most of…

— Scott Derrickson

I'm not standing above the audience trying to manipulate them as a puppet master or a trickster; I'm inside the story I'm…

— Scott Derrickson

In my opinion, the horror genre is a perfect genre for Christians to be involved with. I think the more compelling question…

— Scott Derrickson

I became a Christian within a fundamentalist church. I saw 'A Thief in the Night' on a 16 mm. print when I…

— Scott Derrickson

The role that blood plays in Christian iconography is huge - the washing of the blood, the shedding of blood, the blood…

— Scott Derrickson

I can't help but view the world mystically. It's how I see it. I'm not a strict materialist. I think there's much…

— Scott Derrickson