Guillermo del Toro

“What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to be alive.”

“Since childhood, I've been faithful to monsters. I've been saved and absolved by them, because monsters are the patron saints of our blissful imperfections.”

“The only thing you can do is to be your own story and be honest with yourself.”

“Monsters are living, breathing metaphors.”

“If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.”

“In the end, perfection is just a concept - an impossible concept.”

“Imperfection is a form of freedom.”

“Stories are the only thing that are real. Everything is a story.”

“The most beautiful things are the most useless, like peacocks and lilies.”

“Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.”

“The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.”

“To me, art and storytelling serve primal, spiritual functions in my daily life. Whether I'm telling a bedtime story to my kids or trying to mount a movie or write a book or a screenplay, I am trying to organize my world. And my mind.”

“I have to believe in a world outside my own mind. I have to believe that my prayers are heard, even if I am not sure who is listening.”

“Fairy tales are born of the darkest moments in history.”

“There is a beauty and an enthrallment in the destruction of certainty.”

“Innocence is a beautiful thing, but it is a luxury.”

“The fantastic is a way of breaking the rules of reality.”