I think Pan is a superhero movie; I mean, the kid flies in the end.

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema.

I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

Fairy tales to me are never happy, sweet stories. They're moral stories about overcoming the dark side and the bad.

Modern, not bottom-dwelling literature like a carp.

I was known for a while for doing very long takes, especially after Atonement.

I don't make a division between an art film and commercial art.

I feel more in touch with the world when I'm filming.

Generally, I've never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to behave and how I fit.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.

We're celebrating our freedom. We're celebrating our ability to be kids when everything is trying to take that away from us. It's a choice, Ty. We can do whatever we want.

Jesus Christ is a God whom we approach without pride and before whom we humble ourselves without despair.

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.

Don't spend...but mend yourself.

Better let it all alone in the depths of her heart and the depths of the sea.

If you want to become humble, the first thing you have to admit is that you are proud.

I do idiosyncratic dramedies.

Everyone has the right to their own opinion.

What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.