“I had lived my life believing two things — that pain should not be sought, but, by the same token, it should never be avoided, because there is a lesson in facing adversity. Having gone through that experience, I can attest, in a non-masochistic way, that pain is a great teacher. I don’t relish it, but I learn from it. I always say, even as an ex-Catholic, that God sends the letter, but not the dictionary. You need to forge your own dictionary.” — Pan’s Labyrinth director-writer Guillermo del Toro, speaking to The Guardian‘s Mark Kermode.
