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> [I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/i-have-to-believe-that-when-my-eyes-are-closed-the-world-s-still/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

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## More by Christopher Nolan

> [In Hollywood there's a great openness, almost a voracious appetite for new people. In England there's a great suspicion of the new. In cultural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/in-hollywood-there-s-a-great-openness-almost-a-voracious-appetite-for/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [“COBB: You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/cobb-you-re-waiting-for-a-train-a-train-that-will-take-you-far-away/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [When you play a videogame, you could be a completely different person than you are in the real world, certain aspects of the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/when-you-play-a-videogame-you-could-be-a-completely-different-person/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [The structural notions to me always have to be worked out very carefully in the script stage. Whatever a particular structure is. Whether it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/the-structural-notions-to-me-always-have-to-be-worked-out-very/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [I made 'Batman' the way I made every other film, and I've done it to my own satisfaction - because the film, truly, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/i-made-batman-the-way-i-made-every-other-film-and-i-ve-done-it-to-my/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [The quality of racing continues to excel with starters increasing to 1496,.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/the-quality-of-racing-continues-to-excel-with-starters-increasing-to/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [I remember the initial genesis quite clearly. My interest in dreams comes from this notion of realizing that when you dream you create the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/i-remember-the-initial-genesis-quite-clearly-my-interest-in-dreams/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [If I could steal someone's dream myself, I'd have to go for one of Orson Welles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/if-i-could-steal-someone-s-dream-myself-i-d-have-to-go-for-one-of/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [To me, any kind of filmmaking that's reactive is not going to be as good as something more inventive and original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/to-me-any-kind-of-filmmaking-that-s-reactive-is-not-going-to-be-as/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [Why do we Fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/why-do-we-fall-so-we-can-learn-to-pick-ourselves-back-up/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [Every great story deserves a great ending](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/every-great-story-deserves-a-great-ending/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [“(On "Following") We've got a pretty serious claim on being the cheapest film ever made.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/on-following-we-ve-got-a-pretty-serious-claim-on-being-the-cheapest/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [Particularly, the actors, to have analyzed the script in great detail from the point of view of their specific character. So that they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/particularly-the-actors-to-have-analyzed-the-script-in-great-detail/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/i-ve-never-read-joseph-campbell-and-i-don-t-know-all-that-much-about/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

> [I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/i-m-taking-a-bit-of-a-wait-and-see-attitude-towards-3d/)

[Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/)

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