Cinema Quote by 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 that's a…

— 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, his second…

— 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 you're ready…

— Scott Derrickson

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

— 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 very grateful…

— 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 I also…

— 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 all the…

— Scott Derrickson

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

— Scott Derrickson

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

— 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