“When I start writing, the first line might come from reality, but the second and the third one, I have to write it. So this is the genesis of my creation. If I want to know what happens, if I want to find out the secret, I have to write it.” IfsKnowsWantWritingFirstsRealityMightHappensLinesSecretCreationThirdsGenesis Author:Pedro Almodovar
“I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake colors. But always it's to show one emotion.” WantFeelsSometimesUseShowsEmotionColorFakeRepresentationFake People Author:Pedro Almodovar
“Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason they are much more spectacular to talk about. I don't know why I am more interested in women, because I don't go to any psychiatrists, and I don't want to know why.” KnowsWantReasonProblemFacesStrongerSpectacularPsychiatrist Author:Pedro Almodovar
“The challenge to me as a director was for the audience to see the film as going on in a straight line, so that they did not sense all of these break-ups. I did not want a film to be a collage of all these images.” WantFilmChallengesLinesBreakAudienceDirectorsStraight LinesCollages Author:Pedro Almodovar
“Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.” WantMotherQualityFascinatedPortraitsDefectsI Love My Mother Author:Pedro Almodovar
