What I react against in other people's work, as a filmgoer, is when I see something in a movie that I feel is supposed to make me feel emotional, but I don't believe the filmmaker shares that emotion. They just think the audience will. And I think you can feel that separation. So any time I find myself writing something that I don't really respond to, but I'm telling myself, 'Oh yes, but the audience is going to like this,' then I know I'm on the wrong track and I just throw it out.

The real truth of that is that much as you want to believe that it's you being on top of everything, you're actually relying massively on the people around you.

I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D.

I made 'Batman' the way I made every other film, and I've done it to my own satisfaction - because the film, truly, is exactly the way I wanted it to be.

The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it.

I think there's a vague sense out there that movies are becoming more and more unreal. I know I've felt it.

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