Inception (film)

"Downward is the only way forward."

"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."

"Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange."

"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 don't know for sure. Yet it doesn't matter, because we'll be together."

"[In a firefight; Arthur is defending with an assault rifle] You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. [hefts a huge grenade launcher]"

"Your condescension, as always, is much appreciated, Arthur."

"[after narrowly escaping an avalanche] Couldn't someone have dreamt up a goddamn beach?!"

"Mr. Nolan doesn’t cater to the executives at some big company, he really does what he wants to with a film. He manages to do it within the current big system because he’s that good and he can, but ‘Inception’ and his films aren’t developed by committee. And it wasn’t him saying, ‘How am I going to make a big summer hit?’ ‘Inception’ was about him following his own fascinations."

"The clash of objective reality with our subjective view of the world, that’s pretty interesting stuff. This is something I thought about doing for a very long time. I’ve been thinking about it off and on since I was about 16. It was the approach I wanted to take to an almost alternate reality — approaching the dream life as another state of reality. And one that in certain circumstances can be manipulated."

"Your mind is the scene of the crime."

"The dream is real."