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.

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.

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.

When you're writing, you're creating something out of nothing ... A successful piece of writing is like doing a successful piece of m

[T]he atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real

Above all try something.

Beauty is not just physical.

In fact if I see you drinking I'll come down on you like a ton of bricks and call your mom.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high.

Musicians are in-season all the time.

I always believed it would happen and stuck to my guns.

Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness, doesn't it help?

It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel.