Jason Blum Quotes

I like scaring myself.

People love to get scared. People want to see the worst thing that can happen.

There is a fascination with fear. It grabs our attention.

I enjoy scaring people.

It's as much fun to scare as to be scared.

You go to see movies to feel something, and being terrified - there's something so fun about that.

Scary things are good, aren't they?

When you combine boring with fear, you have fun.

I went to a haunted house once, and I don't do well in situations like that, and I've lived my entire life not being scared or anything.

Fear is exciting for me.

I don't like to get scared - it's not one of the emotions I enjoy. So I have to assume that if there are scary things in my books, they aren't very scary.

I saw Redeye, and I love being scared and on the edge of my seat.

To be honest, I'm scared to death of rollercoaster rides.

I'm always easily frightened and I hate being scared. I've never been able to go on the haunted house rides at carnivals of anything like that; my imagination just takes over!

I am pretty scare-able. I guess that is why I like doing horror because my imagination can take me places.

Scary is good. Kids like going to a movie and being really scared rather than fake scared.

I'm not a horror fan. I'm an anti-horror fan. I think horror fans feel deep down in the pit of their souls, they feel safe, and therefore bored. And therefore they want to be scared.

There's no purer feeling in the world than being scared.

I think most people, even if they say they hate horror movies, there's that feeling you get inside that you love. I mean, I love it. I love to have the hairs on the back of my neck stand up or get that chill up my spine.

I enjoy being slightly scared.

The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.

There's something exciting about being afraid.

We all look to have transcendent experiences that lift us out of the everyday, and fear is a good one. But, I think it's the same reason why people want to laugh their heads off.

I guess the reason that I'm a horror fan is that I think it gives people the opportunity to enjoy the feeling of being scared in a safe environment. I think that's why, for all of human history, we've been telling each other scary stories: because it exorcises something that we need to exorcise in a safe place.

I enjoy scaring people too much to let it go!