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Jonathan Nolan quotes: I'm a big fan of the Mass Effect games, and that's all about social manipulation and observing people and alliances and relationships.

I'm a big fan of the Mass Effect games, and that's all about social manipulation and observing people and alliances and relationships.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: I thought it would be an enormous amount of fun to make a movie that heads out into space, which is something that we had never done before.

I thought it would be an enormous amount of fun to make a movie that heads out into space, which is something that we had never done before.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: I'm not a big fan of visual effects.

I'm not a big fan of visual effects.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: Not too many professions out there that value forgetfulness. Prostitution, maybe. Politics, of course.

Not too many professions out there that value forgetfulness. Prostitution, maybe. Politics, of course.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: 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 to do anything, I'm not bound

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 to do anything, I'm not bound to do anything".

Jonathan Nolan quotes: We are the only instrument for understanding the universe. We have to ground it in human beings.

We are the only instrument for understanding the universe. We have to ground it in human beings.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: Believing the lie that time will heal all wounds is just a nice way of saying that time deadens us.

Believing the lie that time will heal all wounds is just a nice way of saying that time deadens us.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: You will be late for your own funeral.

You will be late for your own funeral.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: For a few moments, the secrets of the universe are opened to us. Life is a cheap parlor trick. That's the miserable truth.

For a few moments, the secrets of the universe are opened to us. Life is a cheap parlor trick. That's the miserable truth.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: When you have a smartphone, the things that it can do are kind of ridiculous and terrifying.

When you have a smartphone, the things that it can do are kind of ridiculous and terrifying.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: It's always gratifying to hear that people are excited by something that you've been excited to make.

It's always gratifying to hear that people are excited by something that you've been excited to make.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: We used to look up in the sky and wonder at our place in the stars; now, we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt.

We used to look up in the sky and wonder at our place in the stars; now, we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: I'm a big gamer. I know the lead time and how long it takes to develop a game and how hard it is to get it right.

I'm a big gamer. I know the lead time and how long it takes to develop a game and how hard it is to get it right.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: The secret, of course, to any list is to keep it in a place where you're bound to see it.

The secret, of course, to any list is to keep it in a place where you're bound to see it.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: Mankind's expectations have to be greater than ourselves and that the further out there we go, the more we find out that it's about you and me.

Mankind's expectations have to be greater than ourselves and that the further out there we go, the more we find out that it's about you and me.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: My earliest memories are making little Super 8 films - or watching my brother make stop-motion space spectaculars.

My earliest memories are making little Super 8 films - or watching my brother make stop-motion space spectaculars.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: I'm a big, big, big techno dork.

I'm a big, big, big techno dork.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: How can you forgive if you can't remember to forget?

How can you forgive if you can't remember to forget?

Jonathan Nolan quotes: I was a big Batman fan when I was a kid.

I was a big Batman fan when I was a kid.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: People are fascinated, for whatever reason, by human drama, and the idea that cameras are capturing ambient stories.

People are fascinated, for whatever reason, by human drama, and the idea that cameras are capturing ambient stories.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: Wormholes are a gravitational phenomena. Or imaginary gravitational phenomena, as the case may be.

Wormholes are a gravitational phenomena. Or imaginary gravitational phenomena, as the case may be.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: I often want to go to the movies and see something that transports you beyond the infinite.

I often want to go to the movies and see something that transports you beyond the infinite.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: The thing about working on a TV show is that it becomes, very quickly, all consuming.

The thing about working on a TV show is that it becomes, very quickly, all consuming.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: I'm fascinated by artificial intelligence.

I'm fascinated by artificial intelligence.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: Lists are the only way out of this mess.

Lists are the only way out of this mess.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of the film, you have to throw them away.

With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of the film, you have to throw them away.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: I've always been interested in themes of memory, paranoia, and revenge.

I've always been interested in themes of memory, paranoia, and revenge.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: I don't like things I work on to have political didacticism - there are questions, but not messages.

I don't like things I work on to have political didacticism - there are questions, but not messages.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: I love crime procedurals. I always have. I love cop shows.

I love crime procedurals. I always have. I love cop shows.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: I believe we should be good custodians of the Earth.

I believe we should be good custodians of the Earth.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: Some things work better as a book, some things work better as a story, some things works better as a film.

Some things work better as a book, some things work better as a story, some things works better as a film.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: We live in a moment in history in which our privacy may not be important.

We live in a moment in history in which our privacy may not be important.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: Why bother reading something that you won't remember?

Why bother reading something that you won't remember?

Jonathan Nolan quotes: For a few minutes of every day, every man becomes a genius. This is the tragedy of life.

For a few minutes of every day, every man becomes a genius. This is the tragedy of life.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: TV is, as I'm discovering now, a marathon. You have to keep going and going and going.

TV is, as I'm discovering now, a marathon. You have to keep going and going and going.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: In terms of long-term durable storage, the human mind, paradoxically, is pretty good, but it's very fragile.

In terms of long-term durable storage, the human mind, paradoxically, is pretty good, but it's very fragile.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: Books are a time machine.

Books are a time machine.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: To me, Joss Whedon is a god. I'm just a huge fan of his work; I love his work on TV.

To me, Joss Whedon is a god. I'm just a huge fan of his work; I love his work on TV.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I grew up watching 'Magnum, P.I.' and shows like that, where you could develop a character over eight seasons, with stories along the way.

I grew up watching 'Magnum, P.I.' and shows like that, where you could develop a character over eight seasons, with stories along the way.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: Time eventually convinces most of us that forgiveness is a virtue. Conveniently, cowardice and forgiveness look identical at a certain distance.

Time eventually convinces most of us that forgiveness is a virtue. Conveniently, cowardice and forgiveness look identical at a certain distance.

Jonathan Nolan quotes: Everybody else needs mirrors to remind themselves who they are. You're no different.

Everybody else needs mirrors to remind themselves who they are. You're no different.