I don't think I'm the best screenwriter in the world. It's just important to me to write my movies so I'm personally invested in them.

In my darkest moments, I have not eaten an entire pie, but I have turned to other baked goods to find solace.

I certainly did not envisage making a Disney movie. The most I hoped for was to be able to pay my bills. I was not a go-getter. I was very type-B.

I grew up in a deeply Catholic home. Our parents always encouraged us to march to our own drums, though, so some of us are still Catholic and some are not. That's always going to be a part of me though; little bits of it trickle into my work. Whether it's an embrace or a rejection, I'm not always sure, but I can't avoid it.

One of my biggest regrets is that I didn't finish college.

I love animals and their behavior. I watch cat videos all the time.

The films I love are very precise, and every shot means something; every shot should convey something new.

I love films that are more random and chaotic, finding moments and capturing them.

I learned to not separate writing, shooting, and editing, it's all sort of one big mess of creative output.

'Ain't Them Bodies Saints' wound up becoming a love story even though it was not initially meant to be one.

It's something that you pick up at a history class in college, the idea that history and time is something to which we can't even hold a candle to. We, as human beings, are just a small element in the overarching sweep of narrative history. That really had a profound effect on me, that realization.

I want to live a very positive and optimistic life that has a wonderful outlook on the future and the impact that I will have on the world and the people around me.

I make movies to be watched the way I want to watch them, and I want to watch them in movie theatres.

The image of a bedsheet ghost standing all alone in an empty house was something I was obsessed with. I really wanted to make a film about that image, and I was waiting for the right story to come along. When it did, I did my best to honor that image.

A great sense of morality was instilled in me through my upbringing in the Catholic faith - particularly because my father is a moral theologian. And morality is something I believe exists separate from faith, as an intrinsic human quality that one should aspire to understand and participate in.

I try to live my life with grace and through grace even though I don't particularly believe in the divine - and that's a direct result of my having been raised Catholic.

There is a palpable sense of history in the homes that I choose to occupy. I think that's one of the reasons I gravitate towards old homes: I really like that sense of history and that sense that I am one step in a very long process that trails out in both directions around me - before me and ahead of me.

I like to make movies in Texas because that's where I learned how to do it. I know the industry there, I know the people, I know the crews. But it's hard to make films in Texas.

The strikers are the first defenders. And the first defender is the first striker to build from the back.

Joy is important in life, not just football. Joy is being serious and professional, too. Joy can be reaching your potential by training hard and being disciplined. Joy can be following the rules you need to follow.

My faith gives me the belief that I can go out and perform and improve as a player. It gives me strength and inspiration.

One day, when I have my own kids, I'll tell them that, even when their life is not easy, they can still do anything they want. That is the way to approach things.

It's always a battle to play against Diego Costa.

Barca are a great team that play fantastic football.

My respect for Chelsea will be forever.

This is football, so you need to be clever to understand the moment and win games.

A World Cup would only be a true experience if I were wearing the Brazilian shirt. Otherwise, it would just be like playing for a club.

I am not against freedom of speech, and I recognise the value of fair publication.

I was winning everything in Paris. I was there for two years and won all the titles in France. I had a great life, great credibility with the club... I had everything.

I have a tremendous respect to all French Federation of Football football teams, players, and supporters.

I'm a joker; that's my choice. It's my style. But I care about my life. I care about the game. I care about the people who gave me this opportunity.

The weather was so cold in Lisbon when I arrived. I decided, 'Let's grow the hair to hide my ears.' And after that, it became nice hair.

If you don't take risks in your life, you never feel something new, so I taste something new, and I like that.

I love Sarri's philosophy. We play high, with a lot of possession in a technical way.

Nobody likes to lose a Champions League semi-final.

When Chelsea came to me and said they wanted me to come back, I was happy because I had a special moment here - one of the best in my career. I won the Champions League, the Europa League.

My dream was always to play for Brazil.

That's why football is so nice - it gives us the opportunity to react quickly and learn a lot from a situation, what were our mistakes, and where things went wrong.

You cannot hide yourself from any situation.

Yes, I love playing football, so it doesn't matter where I play.

Brazil has people in some places with so difficult situations. They prefer to smile than cry because they love life. They love to be happy. That's Brazilian style.

I came back to Chelsea to stay. When I took my decision to come back here from Paris, it was to win the Premier League and to do something again with Chelsea, so I am very happy here.

I changed my position when I was 16 or 17. I started in midfield or further forward as a number 10, and then in one tournament, we lost two defenders to injury in the same game, and we didn't have any on the bench. So I played at the back, and the manager of the first team saw me, and he said, 'I want this guy in the first team,' and that was that!

Everything in life belongs to God. Our purpose has already been mapped out.

I can speak about me: I never want to be off the pitch; I never want to come off.

What I've learned in life is that you can't always win, especially in sport, but you can be a true champion for everything you did to get there.

Every league game is like the World Cup. The passion... intense, the desire for points.

I'm looking forward to playing my first match for Paris.

It's always difficult to win matches.

Lukaku is a fantastic player, and a great friend.