It's very important that a film that intends to play tricks on the audience... has to play fair with the audience. For me, any time you're going to have a reveal in the film, it's essential that it have been shown to the audience as much as possible. What that means is that some people are going to figure it out very early on. Other people not til the end. Everybody watches the film differently.

I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)

If I could steal someone's dream myself, I'd have to go for one of Orson Welles.

I will miss the Batman. I like to think that he'll miss me, but he's never been particularly sentimental.

The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.

I'm very happy where 3-D is going, which is that it's becoming a choice - and thankfully, most people are still choosing 2-D.

One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself.