Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

I love collaborating with different people.

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

The year that 'Lost' started and premiered was, without a doubt, the most miserable year of my life. The level of despair…

— Damon Lindelof

There is a reason behind life. There is some connectivity between living beings. Whether you want to call that 'God' or 'The…

— Damon Lindelof

Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story…

— Damon Lindelof

I've always been into having stories told to me. I was a voracious reader, my father was also a teller of tales;…

— Damon Lindelof

I look at myself more as a storyteller than a screenwriter, as pretentious as that may sound, but that's what really attracts…

— Damon Lindelof

Essentially, there's no scientific evidence whatsoever that could ever be presented to me that would wipe out my fundamental spiritual beliefs.

— Damon Lindelof

When I saw 'Blade Runner,' my understanding was that 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' were sequels to each other - or they were…

— Damon Lindelof

I can't live my life under the sort of "I cannot fail" philosophy, because then every time I do fail, which feels…

— Damon Lindelof

I feel like the big twist shows are now off the table. I think Westworld was probably the last one to Trojan…

— Damon Lindelof

I felt like if I said something positive on Twitter, it got no play. But if I said something negative on Twitter,…

— Damon Lindelof

I stand by the Lost finale. It's the story that we wanted to tell, and we told it. No excuses. No apologies.…

— Damon Lindelof

Part of the fun of the movie is understanding exactly why we called it Prometheus. And also, it sounds really pretentious, like…

— Damon Lindelof

I believe that this idea of story or myth or this thing that Joseph Campbell writes about is sort of an inter-connective…

— Damon Lindelof

Hopping around time in a non-linear storytelling fashion (on 'Lost') allows you to bring back characters who are dead and, in some…

— Damon Lindelof

If I went for a long period in my life where I was unemployed and I was unable to make a living…

— Damon Lindelof

I place a higher value on work ethic than talent, because, in certain areas, you just need to cast, you need to…

— Damon Lindelof

Some of the things I love the most are when a writer or a visionary takes on sort of an iconic character…

— Damon Lindelof

I always remember liking school.

— Damon Lindelof

Connecting dots is not that rewarding of an experience.

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

There is no suspense in inevitability.

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof

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

— Damon Lindelof