Jim Carrey Quotes

There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

As a child I loved ghost stories.

I didn't invent the fear of sharks; it's as old as mankind, and that - to take that responsibility would mean that Mario Puzo should take the blame for the Mafia.

Photography acts as a teaser, suggesting we can know something that we can never know. And the more we can't obtain it, the more we want it.

There's a lot to do when you're a kid - spiders to catch, girls to poke in the eye - stuff to be getting on with.

The unknown is always interesting.

If you could hear the insane stuff going on in my head, it would scare the hell out of you. Probably. Or fascinate you. Depends on how easily you're startled, I guess.

Don't be so familiar and so much into the details. Keep people dreaming. Close the window, and make them wonder.

People like secrets. Creative people really like secrets.

Everybody loves monsters.

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

I think a lot of kids are interested in two science subjects: dinosaurs and aliens. The reason is almost genetic; we're hard-wired to be interested in things that might be a little dangerous.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

I have always been intrigued by these lives I have never experienced.

I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.

I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.

I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who do fear him.

Creepy is better than just plain scary because you can't look away from creepy - you want to know the truth!

I'm always looking for the potential mystery in everything; I can't imagine writing about anything else.

Certain things come to me; I just become intrigued by them and want to live inside them.

Growing up, for years and years I had no idea what the plots of operas were, and that's part of what fascinated me - I could make them up and learn bits and pieces of what was going on over time. There's something about it being always a step away that makes it more fun to chase.

Superstition is a quality that seems indigenous to the ocean.

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of my essays, I remember the kind of things that fascinated me. Weird things, even, about a wizard who lived in Africa and went to China to find a lamp... Fascinating to me because they were about things remote, and almost ethereal.