H.R. Giger.

Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger (February 5, 1940 – May 12, 2014)

There was another artist the producer wanted me to meet. He had seen this guy’s work in a show that was at Paris at the time. He took me over to one of the really fancy hotels in Paris, not the one I was staying in, where this artist, H.R. Giger was staying while his show was on display in Paris.

Giger brings out this little tin foil and said, “Would you like some opium?” I said, “Why do you take that?” He said, “I am afraid of my visions.” I said, “It’s all in your mind.” He said, “That is what I am afraid of.”

- Alien screenwriter Dan O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) on meeting H.R. Giger, from "The Beast Within: The Making of Alien".