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I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.

I've always had a certain fascination. It's basically paint what you know, and this is what I grew up with.

I have always had a fascination about what's inside a human being.

The human race has a yearning to explore. That's part of our biological and psychological makeup.

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

I am fascinated by the whole process of what it's like to be alive, whether it's unbelievably uncomfortable and horrible or whether it's quite nice.

What interests me is the sense of the darkness that we carry within us, the darkness that's akin to one of the principal subjects of the sublime - terror.

The interesting part of the process is developing the character, you know, why did he become that? Why is the guy a murderer, or why is this guy a pervert, or whatever he is. So that's the fun part for me to delve into the abyss.

What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.