The audience knows the truth, the world is simple. It's miserable, solid all the way through. But if you could fool them, even for a second, then you can make them wonder, and then you got to see something really special.

Christopher Nolan
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More Quotes By Christopher Nolan
  1. You’re never going to learn something as profoundly as when it’s purely out of curiosity.

  2. The audience knows the truth, the world is simple. It's miserable, solid all the way through. But if you could fool them, even for a second, then you can make them wonder, and then you got to see something really special.

  3. You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

  4. Bruce Wayne/Batman: 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 that the world hadn't ended.

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

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