“Even if you're not a parent, you have parents and you've been in those situations where there's a certain kind of goodbye - nothing this extreme exists, but I think that's what everyone holds onto, that common denominator that runs through this that everyone can understand.” IfsThinkingKindRunningCertainParentCommonSituationExtremesGoodbyeCommon Denominator Author:Jonathan Nolan
“I think that we, as human beings, always need to conquer our fears and reach beyond our grasp and I think it's very important that we don't become complacent or stagnant.” ThinkingNeedsHumansImportantHuman BeingsConquerComplacentStagnant Author:Jonathan Nolan
“One of my first experiences with the space program was with the memorial that was built for the Challenger. When I was in 7th grade my entire class spent the entire school year preparing to launch a spaceship all together. We all had our different jobs that we had to learn how to do, we learned the math that you needed, we learned the practical skills that you needed, and I thought that was really cool. So I think that if you can take a tragedy and find the gold in it and turn it into something positive, that's great.” IfsThinkingYearsFirstsDifferentSchoolTogetherJobsTurnsSpaceClassNeededSkillsBuiltProgramGoldTragedyMathPracticalsGradesPreparingMemorialReally CoolSpaceshipsDifferent JobsSpace ProgramSchool YearsPractical Skills Author:Jonathan Nolan
“I'm hoping that the suspension of the space program is just that, a suspension, and that it's not the final say in the matter, because I think we need it.” ThinkingNeedsMatterSpaceProgramFinalsSuspensionSpace Program Author:Jonathan Nolan
“We're going to leave this planet at some point further than we have, we're going to go beyond the moon, we're going to go to mars. We all kind of know that on some level, I think actually. So there's an inevitability to human evolution, this being the next step.” ThinkingKnowsHumansKindNextLevelsStepsPlanetsEvolutionMoonAll KindsMarsNext StepsInevitabilityHuman Evolution Author:Jonathan Nolan
“I don't think you can guess what people will really like. You have to come at it from a more natural place and then kind of hope that your taste is shared by enough people to keep going.” PeopleThinkingKindEnoughNaturalLike YouTasteKeep GoingReally Like You Author:Jonathan Nolan
“We're gonna play a little bit of a game here [Person of Interest movie]. Greg and I felt like we had responsibility when we wrapped up the pilot, to have a roadmap for where the show went. When we pitched the pilot, we knew what we wanted the last episode to be, the last image, I think we even know what the last song is.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesPersonsPlayShowsWantedLastsSongGamesFeltBitsInterestResponsibilityLittle BitPilotsEpisodesLast Song Author:Jonathan Nolan
“I don't think anyone really understands why a show works or why it doesn't.” Thinking Author:Jonathan Nolan
