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> [I'd grown up in the U.K., where the surveillance apparatus went into place in the 1970s in response to the Troubles with the IRA. When I was a kid, we moved to Chicago, and I was surprised to see you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/i-d-grown-up-in-the-u-k-where-the-surveillance-apparatus-went-into/)

[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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