The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.

- Guillermo Del Toro

The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you're not a traveler. You're a f@@king tourist.

- Guillermo Del Toro

You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.

- Guillermo Del Toro

You have to believe the magic to see it.

- Guillermo Del Toro

You can't explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success.

- Guillermo Del Toro

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

- Guillermo Del Toro

If you're not operating on an instinctive level, you're not an artist.... Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselve…

- Guillermo Del Toro

I love monsters. If I go to a church, I'm more interested in the gargoyles than the saints. I really don't care much about the idea of normal - that'…

- Guillermo Del Toro

There is beautiful in the grotesque.

- Guillermo Del Toro