30 Best Christopher Nolan Quotes

Either you die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. – Christopher Nolan

Our dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange. – Christopher Nolan

You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. – Christopher Nolan

Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up. – Christopher Nolan

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. – Christopher Nolan

The past is just as real as the present. – Christopher Nolan

The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules. – Christopher Nolan

Do you want to take a leap of faith? Or become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone? – Christopher Nolan

Some men just want to watch the world burn. – Christopher Nolan

The world is not enough? No, the world is not enough. – Christopher Nolan

Time is the only resource we can't get back. – Christopher Nolan

An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you. – Christopher Nolan

We all have a sense of what is real and what isn't. But what if you couldn't trust that sense anymore? – Christopher Nolan

You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you can't know for sure. Yet it doesn't matter. How can it not matter to you where that train will take you? – Christopher Nolan

The darkest night is just before the dawn. – Christopher Nolan

Instinct is a lie, told by a fearful body, hoping to be wrong. – Christopher Nolan

There's no success without sacrifice. – Christopher Nolan

The only way to get people to let go of their preconceptions is to give them something else to hold onto. – Christopher Nolan

You build the world around you from the things you remember. – Christopher Nolan

The subconscious is motivated by emotion, not reason. – Christopher Nolan

We all need mirrors to remind ourselves who we are. – Christopher Nolan

Theatrical movies are one of the last mass-experience mediums we have. – Christopher Nolan

I'm not a spy. I'm an observer. People want to be heard. – Christopher Nolan

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

You have to leave something behind to go forward. – Christopher Nolan

It's not about the money. It's about sending a message. Everything burns. – Christopher Nolan

The present has a vote. So does the past. – Christopher Nolan

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. – Christopher Nolan

The world doesn't need another hero. What it needs is a ghost. – Christopher Nolan

Never recreate from memory. Always imagine new places. – Christopher Nolan