To me, the most interesting approach to film noir is subjective. The genre is really all about not knowing what's going on around you, and that fear of the unknown. The only way to do that effectively is to really get into the maze, rather than look at the maze from above, so that's where I sort of come at it.

The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We shove and clamour and cry for adoration, and beat down everyone else to get it. Life is a competition of prattling peacocks enraptured in inane mating rituals. But for all our effacing and self-importance, we are all slaves to what we fear most. You have so very much to learn. Here. Let me teach you.

I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)

Revenge is a particularly interesting concept, especially the notion of whether or not it exists outside of just an abstract idea.

Batman and Superman are very different characters but they're both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key.

I've been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I've wanted to do a film about them for a long time.

A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended.