Terry Zwigoff Quotes

I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.

I'm a fan of, like, the Coen Brothers, with the darker humor in it.

The Ryan Murphy universe is a very strange place to occupy, and I would never tell anyone who loves Chad Radwell to ever give up complete hope.

David Lynch helped me be cool.

Coen brothers movies are not always what life looks like but it's definitely what life feels like.

I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat.

I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick.

I loved the movie 'Heathers' and the TV show 'Twin Peaks.'

I like dark humor. My favorite movie of all time is 'Harold and Maude.'

I lean toward anything with a dark sense of humor. And since I've been out of school, the majority of my books have been contemporary; basically, I like my characters to have electricity - even better, a TV.

I really loved Twin Peaks. When I saw the two-hour pilot, they screened it in the big theatre. I said, I don't know what is going to happen. I'm in this and I don't understand it. This is never going to sell. Who's going to watch this thing?

I couldn't ever write a straight crime novel: there'd be an intrusion of weirdness at some point.

Todd Solondz is one of my favorite directors.

'Twin Peaks' is so phenomenal. And it worked because they struck the right tone: they brought intelligence to it, and the mystery itself was compelling.

What I love about the Coen brothers - what everyone loves - is that they sort of toe the line of a truly dark comedy.

The 'Tim And Eric' experience was very strange.

I like Taika Waititi a lot. I thought 'Boy' was a really wonderful film, had great resonance. Very sad but also very funny. I thought 'What We Do in the Shadows,' the vampire film, was fantastic.

I am loath to suggest 'Visitor Q' to anyone, because you've got to have a warped brain to even understand or appreciate it a little bit. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I have been blessed with a warped brain, and I really dug it.

I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.

When I made '101 Reykjavik,' people talked about 'Almodovar on ice.' When I made 'The Sea,' people referenced Bergman.

The films of Gregg Araki may not be classified as horror, but they have been known to horrify viewers.

Todd Solondz is a film maker I've always loved because of how he balances darkness, humour and surrealism in his films.

In some ways we describe 'Boxtrolls' as 'Oliver Twist' if Terry Gilliam had made it. I think he's an extraordinary artist, and animator.

'Twin Peaks' was my gateway for David Lynch.

Penelope Fitzgerald never fails to surprise: her language is clever and elegant, her settings are unusual, her characters are unpredictable, and I am always caught out by a line or moment which makes me laugh out loud.