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.

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

I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next. (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.

Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

So a half-breed goatsnake, a Yith, and a Ghast walk into a bar.

If you can remain aware of your awareness, that is the present state of mind.

Be courageous. Get out of your comfort zone to live fully and abundantly.

You have to have an emotional investment in what you're doing. If you don't love what you're doing, failure is pretty much guaranteed.

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.

If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised."

The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.

Violence multiplies violence.

I like being a 10-year-old kid who's in charge.