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

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 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.

It is their duty to be infantile, even against their inclination.

Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.

Darkness does this. It finds all the places you are hiding in. It finds all the things you are holding onto tightly and makes you let go.

My breakthrough came very late in life, really only starting when I was 50...I had the strength for new deeds and ideas.

The Lord is letting the wheat and the tares mature before he fully purges the Church. He is also testing you to see if you will be misled. The devil is trying to deceive the very elect.

I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.

The believed gospel saves; but it is the believed promise that assures us of this salvation.

Wouldst thou ever roam abroad? See, what is good lies by thy side. Only learn to catch happiness, for happiness is ever by you.

Before you can do anything else in the lives of others, you must show them love.

Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent.