Sam Raimi

“The movies I make are very personal. I'm the first audience.”

“The most important thing is the story. With a good story, you can make a good film.”

“I like to be in a state of not knowing. It's the only way to be creative.”

“With 'Spider-Man,' I really feel like I'm in the service of the character. I'm in the service of the fans.”

“The real challenge is to make a really scary movie. The most difficult thing is to make a scary movie that is intelligent and that connects with the audience.”

“I think that horror films have a very direct relationship to the time in which they're made.”

“The first thing I do is I get a camera and I go out and I shoot. I get it in my hands and I feel it, and I start to get a sense of the world from the camera.”

“For me, the camera is a character. It's a storyteller.”

“I think the best villains are the ones that you can sympathize with.”

“I don't really have a lot of fun making movies. It's a lot of work. It's a lot of pressure.”

“I'm interested in the things that people are afraid of. I'm interested in the dark side of human nature.”

“What I love about the 'Evil Dead' films is that they're just fun. They're not trying to be anything more than they are.”

“You have to be a little bit of a madman to be a director.”

“I think in every picture that I've ever made, there's an element of my own personal experience, but it's all also infused with my own fantasy and my own imagination.”

“It's hard to get a movie made. It's hard to get a movie financed.”

“Directing is a very lonely job. You're on your own.”

“When I'm done with a movie, I'm totally clueless. I've got no ideas.”

“The work is the most important thing. The work is the final result.”