We shouldn't be chasing other movies, but stay true to the tone of Man of Steel.

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.

We tend to forget that everything has an ending, so enjoy it while you can still see it around you.

The blue of daylightfades and chills as the sun sinksbeneath clouds of fire.

We lost track of which was which, but we were fairly sure that some of the creatures had been borne away still in the darkness of paganism, and that worried us a good deal.

Everything is a hero: A lighthouse which gives light to us

I never think about the downs. Well, only when I get asked during interviews.

Like all people in love, I was obnoxious and stupid, threatened suicide...And the one I was supposed to make worry only giggled.

Too many companies are happy to have workers to dread working. They have the wrong attitude because they have the wrong leadership.

I love being outdoors and try to work out outside when I can. I spent most of my childhood outdoors.

The inability to stop is the essence of what addiction is, ... my favorite drug was more and all.

The aesthetic experience has to be given. And beauty is a regular experience of every person - every person who is not clinically depressed!