"What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me"
- John Carpenter
About this Quote
This quote by John Carpenter talks to the universality of worry. It suggests that we all share the exact same fears, despite our specific backgrounds and experiences. This is why horror is such a powerful category; it take advantage of our collective fears and anxieties. It is a suggestion that we are all linked in our worries, and that we can all relate to one another in this method. It encourages us to look within ourselves and ask what scares us, and to acknowledge that this very same worry is shared by others. This quote is a suggestion that we are all in this together, which our worries can be a source of connection and understanding.
This quote is written / told by John Carpenter somewhere between January 16, 1948 and today. He/she was a famous Director from USA.
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