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> [We have been crafted by disaster to push out to the utmost horizon to find out what's on the other side of it. That's in our nature. What's also in our nature is a profound love and connection to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/we-have-been-crafted-by-disaster-to-push-out-to-the-utmost-horizon-to/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

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## More by Jonathan Nolan

> [TV is, as I'm discovering now, a marathon. You have to keep going and going and going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/tv-is-as-i-m-discovering-now-a-marathon-you-have-to-keep-going-and/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [You know, we certainly have a great budget on the show, but the expansions to world of the show really arise because, and this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/you-know-we-certainly-have-a-great-budget-on-the-show-but-the/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/time-is-theft-isn-t-that-what-they-say-and-time-eventually-convinces/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [We are the only instrument for understanding the universe. We have to ground it in human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/we-are-the-only-instrument-for-understanding-the-universe-we-have-to/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [“You will be late for your own funeral.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/you-will-be-late-for-your-own-funeral/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/if-time-and-fear-aren-t-enough-to-dissuade-people-from-their-revenge/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/you-re-different-you-re-more-perfect-time-is-three-things-for-most/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [Television is very different than working on film. With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/television-is-very-different-than-working-on-film-with-films-you-get/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [Every man is a mob, a chain gang of idiots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/every-man-is-a-mob-a-chain-gang-of-idiots/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/you-d-have-a-quality-insurance-department-where-they-re-making-sure/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [Time is an absurdity. An abstraction. The only thing that matters is this moment. This moment a million times over. You have to trust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/time-is-an-absurdity-an-abstraction-the-only-thing-that-matters-is/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [I believe we should be good custodians of the Earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/i-believe-we-should-be-good-custodians-of-the-earth/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [Wormholes are a gravitational phenomena. Or imaginary gravitational phenomena, as the case may be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/wormholes-are-a-gravitational-phenomena-or-imaginary-gravitational/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [ We're gonna play a little bit of a game here \[Person of Interest movie\]. Greg and I felt like we had responsibility when we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/we-re-gonna-play-a-little-bit-of-a-game-here-person-of-interest-movie/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

> [It can be easy for an actor to go "Well I really have to do a lot" and then just saying "I don't need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/it-can-be-easy-for-an-actor-to-go-well-i-really-have-to-do-a-lot-and/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

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