Damon Lindelof Quotes

Connecting dots is not that rewarding of an experience.

I've always been fascinated by Disneyland and Disney World, and my favorite part of the park was always Tomorrowland.

There is no suspense in inevitability.

If you do something awesome, you should be proud of yourself.

All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.

In really, really good science fiction the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.

Once you spend more than $100 million on a movie, you have to save the world.

One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism.

As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that story.

I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

I'm not glass-half-full, glass-half-empty; I'm like, "There's a glass?"

Anger is not a real feeling. Every time in my life I've ever been angry, it's because I was scared, or because I was sad and I didn't know it. Anger doesn't just come out of a vacuum.

I'm a huge Star Trek fan. I've seen all the shows, I've seen all the movies, but ultimately I just want a 2-hour movie that takes me to another time and place - something that entertains me.

I promised myself I would never be one of those people who complained about "Oh man, lots of people are interested in our movie and now I gotta talk about it."

When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were related. They were set in the same world.

If you're constantly hamstrung by worry that people aren't going to like it, you can't do your job.

I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking.

One of the things I've learned is there's no lesson to be learned. You have to resign yourself to the fact that mistakes are going to be made at any time in the creative process.

Star Wars' is a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away. 'Star Wars' is not about our future.

My gravestone will say,'Here Lies Damon Lindelof - Or Does He?

I'm not sitting around thinking of ideas for TV shows.

Sometimes diehard fans expect so much that they're never happy no matter what they get.

I feel like great TED Talks are ones that are a little bit subject to interpretation, that do provoke further conversation - and potentially controversy.

I was born in 1973, so I did not see 'Alien' when it was released theatrically. I saw 'Alien' when it was on Home Box Office. I think I was probably 10.

Suffice it to say, there are some very big ideas in Prometheus and, therefore, it covers a very vast expanse of time.

When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.

I always remember liking school.

I've always felt that really good prequels should be original movies.

People are disappointed when the world doesn't end on their watch.

The best jokes on The Leftovers are the ones that make you feel a little sick to your stomach.

You can't just come out and do the same moves that you always do because someone just basically came into the center of the ring and spun around on their head and did a back flip.

If your friend is critical [of your work], you have to have a very thick skin and a thick skin is something that only builds up after it's callused for awhile.

If you're the guy who basically shows up with coal at the locomotive, they will put it in the train. Like, they won't even assess whatever or not it's good coal. Just throw it in there.

Just put your best foot forward and hope for the best. You also have to acknowledge that you're going to make mistakes.

I think 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy has a very satisfying ending, and there's not really that deep of a mythological construct.

Hire people you get along with, and then let them do what they do best.

In television, I don't feel constraints. I feel a lot freedom to maneuver.

Lost is a mystery show, so I think that would be stripping the franchise of sort of its essential nature.

I don't think anybody wants to see a dour Star Trek movie.

At some point, you can't take a risk just to take a risk because that's a betrayal, in and of itself.

Michael Arndt, that guy - you're just supposed to say nice things about other writers, but I worship Michael Arndt.

For us, there's an inherent process when you're ending something to be thinking about the beginning, as writers.

My father - until the day that my dad died - didn't know how many points you scored in a touchdown. He could say there were nine innings in baseball, but no intricacies of the sport.

I love collaborating with different people.

I love finding new creative partnerships but then continuing the partnerships I'm already in.

I think that 'The Shield' was a phenomenal series finale.

When someone says something in an interview, the beauty of Twitter is that it's a platform for instantaneous response.

When you're a writer and you're a producer, traditionally the junkets are really focused on the beautiful people and nobody wants to talk to you.

We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'

The fundamental law of nature is to not know too much about yourself.