I've always loved shows that combine both approaches - that have a mythology and a set of characters, whose stories develop and change, and where the relationships evolve and fracture. — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
TV is, as I'm discovering now, a marathon. You have to keep going and going and going. — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
You know, we certainly have a great budget on the show, but the expansions to world of the show really arise because, and this… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
“Time is theft, isn't that what they say? And time eventually convinces most of us that forgiveness is a virtue. Conveniently, cowardice and forgiveness… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
We are the only instrument for understanding the universe. We have to ground it in human beings. — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
“If time and fear aren’t enough to dissuade people from their revenge, then there’s always authority, softly shaking its head and saying, 'We understand,… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
You're different. You're more perfect. Time is three things for most people, but for you, for us, just one. A singularity. One moment. This moment. Like you're the center of the clock, the axis on which the hands turn. Time moves about you but never moves you. It has lost its ability to affect you. What is it they say?… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share
Television is very different than working on film. With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
You'd have a quality insurance department, where they're making sure there aren't any glitches or weird things, and that the guests have a great experience and seamless experience. You'd also have security. So, we laid out the corporate structure, and then we cherry-picked from that the people who would be brought into the most conflict and the most day-to-day relationship… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share
Time is an absurdity. An abstraction. The only thing that matters is this moment. This moment a million times over. You have to trust… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
