M. Night Shyamalan

“I think you have to be very careful with effects. I'm a big believer in that they're there to serve the story.”

“I'm a believer in the ordinary person's ability to do extraordinary things.”

“The secret to a good suspense film is that it is about something else.”

“I believe in the power of storytelling. I believe that stories have an actual function.”

“I am a spiritual person in an eastern religion kind of way. I learned that happiness is a choice.”

“Twist endings are just a way of saying that there's always another way to see something.”

“Fear is not a weakness. It's a sign of respect for the thing you're about to do.”

“I think that's the job of a director: to be a storyteller.”

“My movies are about faith, in a way.”

“I don't make movies for critics. I make movies for audiences.”

“Every single movie I've ever done has been about the loss of innocence.”

“For me, it's always about the story. It's never about the genre.”

“My goal is to make a movie that's a classic.”

“I've come to believe that everything is meaningful.”

“I'm trying to tell a story, and I want the audience to be a part of that.”

“What you do is you go into a room and you tell a story. The story has to be a good story.”