I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)

I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)

You're never going to learn something as profoundly as when it's purely out of curiosity

A camera is a camera, a shot is a shot, how you tell the story is the main thing.

I like films that continue to spin your head in all sorts of different directions after you've seen them.

You musn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.

One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself.

Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing.

Every great story deserves a great ending

I've always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film, not a good film, but a great film, you have to take a lot of risks.

I've been fascinated by dreams my whole life, since I was a kid, and I think the relationship between movies and dreams is something that's always interested me.

At heart we are all powerful, beautiful, and capable of changing the world with our bare hands.

Nothing is harder on the nerves than hope.

She loves him sobut he didn't stay.The wind can't blowthis storm away.

He didn't create the spark, he set the fire

Prenuptial agreement: Paper a lawyer prepares to protect the party of the first part from the party of the second part should they discover the party's over.

I am a woman and when I think, I must speak.

If you can get yourself to read 30 minutes a day, you're going to double your income every year.

To anyone who took the trouble to look, I was plainly visible, but when people are expecting to see nothing, that is usually what they see.

Simplicity is the whole secret of well-being.

Just keep believing. This is an opportunity where great things can happen and lets be great right now.