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title: "4 Ending Quotes By Carlton Cuse"
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> [We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/we-feel-like-lost-deserved-a-real-resolution-not-a-snow-globe-waking/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/carlton-cuse-14363_audience_we-feel-like-lost-deserved-a-real-resolu_1197121.jpg)

> [As we began working toward the finale of 'Lost,' I knew there was no possible ending that was going to be universally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/as-we-began-working-toward-the-finale-of-lost-i-knew-there-was-no/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/carlton-cuse-14363_accepted_as-we-began-working-toward-the-finale-of_2587022.jpg)

> ['Lost' is driving toward an ending, and that ending is: Are these people getting off this island? What is the nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/lost-is-driving-toward-an-ending-and-that-ending-is-are-these-people/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/carlton-cuse-14363_answered_lost-is-driving-toward-an-ending-and-tha_2881483.jpg)

> [I can't say that the ending of a story is always the best part of the story, and yet there's sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/i-can-t-say-that-the-ending-of-a-story-is-always-the-best-part-of-the/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/carlton-cuse-14363_always_i-can-t-say-that-the-ending-of-a-story-i_3052894.jpg)

## Other authors on Ending

## More by 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 sadness that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/if-you-go-to-a-movie-and-it-s-a-great-experience-the-experience-at/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/i-really-think-that-as-good-of-a-job-as-you-do-as-a-writer-you-re/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

> [That's one of the reasons why 'Lost' has to end: because we can't sit around and envision, 'What is the flashback for Jack in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/that-s-one-of-the-reasons-why-lost-has-to-end-because-we-can-t-sit/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 about that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/as-a-writer-i-always-think-about-who-my-prototype-actors-are-in-my/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

> [The Following and Hannibal are really well made, but the tone is very consistently dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/the-following-and-hannibal-are-really-well-made-but-the-tone-is-very/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

> [TV showrunners have become known entities to people who watch television in the way that movie directors have been known to filmgoers for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/tv-showrunners-have-become-known-entities-to-people-who-watch/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

> [As hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/as-hard-as-you-try-to-write-a-good-script-and-you-have-great/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

> [I think that the best television now is giving you a three-act experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/i-think-that-the-best-television-now-is-giving-you-a-three-act/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 nominations are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/when-lost-was-over-we-expected-that-there-d-be-some-people-who-d/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/i-love-titanic-and-the-idea-that-you-re-kind-of-rooting-for-leonardo/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

> [I think everyone in Hollywood works on multiple things because you never know what's going to happen with your projects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/i-think-everyone-in-hollywood-works-on-multiple-things-because-you/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

> [I think there's this essential human desire to have a unified field theory. Everyone is like, 'I want to unlock the single secret to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/i-think-there-s-this-essential-human-desire-to-have-a-unified-field/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/i-didn-t-know-at-all-i-wanted-to-do-tv-i-thought-i-might-go-to-law/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 to black'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/we-feel-like-lost-deserved-a-real-resolution-not-a-snow-globe-waking/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 feel passionate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/i-m-a-big-baseball-fan-and-i-feel-proprietary-about-the-dodgers-i-m/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

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