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Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.

I love monsters.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own.

In a deeply tribal sense, we love our monsters, and I think that is the key to it right there. It is monsters; it is learning about them: it is both thrill and safety. You can think of them without being desperately afraid because they are not going to come into your living room and eat you. That is 'Jaws.'

The best monsters are our anxieties given form. They make sense on the level of a dream - or a nightmare.

I've created such a monster.

Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears and are thus inherently incredibly interesting and powerful.