None of us like violence in the real world, but we're fascinated with it onscreen. — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
People are fascinated, for whatever reason, by human drama, and the idea that cameras are capturing ambient stories. — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
When J.J. [Abrams] called Lisa [Joy] and myself, he pitched us this idea of, what if we turn the structure around and… — 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… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
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… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
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