I grew up watching 'Magnum, P.I.' and shows like that, where you could develop a character over eight seasons, with stories along… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
When you have a smartphone, the things that it can do are kind of ridiculous and terrifying. — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
I'm not affiliated with either Wikileaks or Anonymous - of course, it's not like I would tell you anyway if I were… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
I often want to go to the movies and see something that transports you beyond the infinite. — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
It's always gratifying to hear that people are excited by something that you've been excited to make. — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of the film, you have to throw… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
Look at anyone's bookcase at home, no matter how modest, and you're going to find a book that contains wisdom or ideas… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
When you're doing a film called 'Interstellar,' at some point - the idea was to be grounded in the science as much… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
I'd grown up in the U.K., where the surveillance apparatus went into place in the 1970s in response to the Troubles with… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
I'm not a big believer in doing too much research - I think you can get lost in it. You can get… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' ends with the spaceship lands and Richard Dreyfuss' character best on, but a bunch of pilots… — 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