Guillermo del Toro Quotes

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.

I'm a lapsed Catholic in the best sense of the word.

Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it.

Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.

I don't think you can be a Catholic without an accompanying measure of guilt.

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.

I was brought up a very strict Catholic and I don't practice anymore or anything.

Catholicism actually resembles a family that survives because even as it aspires to holiness, it understands and can live with sin and imperfection.

I suppose I'm a lapsed Catholic. You would consider me an atheist or agnostic.

Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.

I believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

I was raised Catholic, and I can get incredibly guilty about mistakes.

I was brought up a Catholic, so I take no pleasure in guilt.

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.

You know, in high school I thought Catholicism was funny and sort of ridiculous, but then I also liked it, too. Like, I definitely turned to it in times of trouble.

I asked God if it was a sin and He didn't say anything.

I grew up Catholic. We went to confession on Saturday, stood in the shortest line, since it led to the priest who gave the easiest penance - usually a few Our Fathers and Hail Marys. We confessed in private, prayed our penance and our souls were clean.

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything.

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

There's lots of sins in this life. We're all sinners. If you don't believe in God and you don't believe in the scriptures, then we are on a different page.

Then I proceeded to Williamsburg, where I found all well. I went to the capitol where I sent for the wench to clean my room and when I came I kissed her and felt her, for which God forgive me.... About 10 o’clock I went to my lodgings. I had good health but wicked thoughts, God forgive me.

Undeniably, we were on God's side in World War II and the Cold War. But were we ourselves without sin in those just struggles?

I am a Christian guy. I've struggled with that; I have struggled with everything.

I can't help it. I want to be a good Catholic, but I'm a hedonist.