People want to see something that shows them you can do what you say. That's the trick.

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

Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing.

If you're going to perform inception, you need imagination. You need the simplest version of the idea-the one that will grow naturally in the subject's mind. Subtle art.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.

I've always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film, not a good film, but a great film, you have to take a lot of risks.

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.