In terms of long-term durable storage, the human mind, paradoxically, is pretty good, but it's very fragile. Jonathan Nolan durablefragilegood Change image and share on social
'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' ends with the spaceship lands and Richard Dreyfuss' character best on, but a bunch of pilots and sailors from the 1940s get off. You kind of wanted to know what happened next. Jonathan Nolan 1940sbunchcharacter share on social
I often want to go to the movies and see something that transports you beyond the infinite. Jonathan Nolan infinitemovietransport Change image and share on social
It's always gratifying to hear that people are excited by something that you've been excited to make. Jonathan Nolan excitegratifyhave Change image and share on social
I believe we should be good custodians of the Earth. Jonathan Nolan custodianearthgood Change image and share on social
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 could live in a large city in which you didn't have cameras on every street corner. Jonathan Nolan 1970sapparatuscamera share on social
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 children and our communities. Those two things are very much at conflict with one another at certain moments. Jonathan Nolan childcommunityconflict share on social
When you're doing a film called 'Interstellar,' at some point - the idea was to be grounded in the science as much as possible - but with a name like 'Interstellar,' you had better go somewhere big and bold. Jonathan Nolan bigboldcall share on social
I consider my job as a screenwriter to pack a script with possibilities and ideas - to create a feast for the filmmaker to pick from. Jonathan Nolan createfeastfilmmaker Change image and share on social
People are fascinated, for whatever reason, by human drama, and the idea that cameras are capturing ambient stories. Jonathan Nolan ambientcameracapture Change image and share on social