Desire Quote by Guillermo del Toro

The beauty of the original monster movies is that you were able to relate to every single character, or even to treat their monstrosity…

— Sofia Boutella

The monsters act out our rage. They act on their worst impulses, which is appealing to a certain part of us. They get punished…

— Clive Barker

The way I love monsters is a Mexican way of loving monsters, which is that I am not judgmental. The Anglo way of seeing…

— Guillermo del Toro

Monsters exist because we create them, through war and violence, and distortion, and the way we handle people and so on.

— Leon Golub

If people are portrayed as monsters, we become disconnected from them, and to me that is not remotely interesting.

— Alex Gibney

In a deeply tribal sense, we love our monsters, and I think that is the key to it right there. It is monsters; it…

— Peter Benchley

“Monsters are born of pain, and grief, and loss, and anger. Your heart is full of them.- -"And?" And it makes you vulnerable.”

— Jim Butcher

When you first think of making a monster movie you have to realize that a lot of people may be down on you because…

— Bong Joon-ho

Monsters are a departure from 'reality' in a way that allows for a range of fantastic possibilities. I mean this within the world of…

— Emil Ferris

I think what all the Universal monster movies are defined by, and what makes them very special, is that it's really the only genre…

— Alex Kurtzman

Usually monsters are some aspect of human behavior or humanity at large.

— Frank Spotnitz

Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears and are thus inherently incredibly interesting and powerful.

— Catherynne M. Valente