Inception (film)

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

"[after narrowly escaping an avalanche] Couldnt someone have dreamt up a goddamn beach?!"

"Downward is the only way forward."

"Youre waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you dont know for sure. Yet it doesnt matter, because well be together."

"[In a firefight; Arthur is defending with an assault rifle] You mustnt be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. [hefts a huge grenade launcher]"

"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."