Carlton Cuse

It's entirely possible that the notion of what is the past, what is the present and what is the future, could change.

— Carlton Cuse

Ironically, I wouldn't say I'm a massive horror fan. I love thrillers.

— Carlton Cuse

As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It's helpful, as a writer, to think…

— Carlton Cuse

I really think that as good of a job as you do as a writer, you're absolutely indebted to the actors that…

— Carlton Cuse

I think that we're moving into this new phase of television where audiences are really embracing stories with a beginning, middle, and…

— Carlton Cuse

You have to be able to get inside the heads of the characters and completely sympathize and understand them

— Carlton Cuse

'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are…

— Carlton Cuse

The Following and Hannibal are really well made, but the tone is very consistently dark.

— Carlton Cuse

When you're a storyteller, part of the process of storytelling is the kind of communion you form with the audience to whom…

— Carlton Cuse

We should just go back to, like, episode 30 and re-break from there and just make it a spaceship. That would be…

— Carlton Cuse

There is a natural progression to 'Lost,' and as the story goes forward, it's going to change. It's not a static story.…

— Carlton Cuse

There are just so many options that people have. But as a writer, you'll drive yourself crazy, if you worry about that…

— Carlton Cuse

When 'Lost' was over, we expected that there'd be some people who'd really like it and other people who wouldn't. The Emmy…

— Carlton Cuse

'Brisco' was the first show I created, and of course, at the time I had no idea what a special experience it…

— Carlton Cuse

In Hollywood, there is no bigger commitment you can make than to a TV series. Even marriages pale in comparison. Marriages don't…

— Carlton Cuse

Being a showrunner meant writing and producing a television show, period, but with 'Lost,' suddenly it became part of the job to…

— Carlton Cuse

I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I…

— Carlton Cuse

As we began working toward the finale of 'Lost,' I knew there was no possible ending that was going to be universally…

— Carlton Cuse

We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut…

— Carlton Cuse

The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and…

— Carlton Cuse

Television used to be made much more in a vacuum; the only feedback the audience had for a long time was in…

— Carlton Cuse

Sometimes the fans want it both ways, of course. They want to feel like they're influencing the show, and at the same…

— Carlton Cuse

I feel like if you enjoyed the 119 hours that precede the finale of 'Lost,' is that whole experience ruined by the…

— Carlton Cuse

TV showrunners have become known entities to people who watch television in the way that movie directors have been known to filmgoers…

— Carlton Cuse

As hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur.

— Carlton Cuse

I think everyone in Hollywood works on multiple things because you never know what's going to happen with your projects.

— Carlton Cuse

Tragedy is a great storytelling form. It worked extremely well for Shakespeare. It worked extremely well for Jim Cameron with 'Titanic.'

— Carlton Cuse

It's a very artistic process to translate and adapt a book into a series.

— Carlton Cuse

I didn't know at all I wanted to do TV. I thought I might go to law school. I might want to…

— Carlton Cuse

I think that the best television now is giving you a three-act experience.

— Carlton Cuse

I think that 'Lost' is a bit of a dinosaur in terms of the type of show it is. The economics just…

— Carlton Cuse

I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I…

— Carlton Cuse

If you go to a movie and it's a great experience, the experience at the end of it is always like this…

— Carlton Cuse

The experience of reading a book is always unique. I believe that you render a version of the story, when you read…

— Carlton Cuse

I think movie and television companies are in the business of making money, and if you have a franchise, eventually you'll want…

— Carlton Cuse

I love 'Titanic' and the idea that you're kind of rooting for Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet to survive despite the fact…

— Carlton Cuse

One of the things that's, I think, hard in television is that there's a certain sameness to a lot of television because…

— Carlton Cuse

I can't say that the ending of a story is always the best part of the story, and yet there's sort of…

— Carlton Cuse

The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,'…

— Carlton Cuse

This idea that you can watch a show like 'True Detective,' and it was awesome, but is it really ruined for you…

— Carlton Cuse