146 Quotes by Damon Lindelof

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

I would say that my fatal flaw, as a human being, is that I need people to like me, and if they don’t like me, I will obsess over it – and try to change my personality until they like me – even if they don’t like me for reasons that have nothing to do with me, and even if they’re strangers.

Look, we can definitively agree that cable is far superior to network. That isn’t to say that there can’t be a great network drama or comedy that makes 20-plus episodes a year. We know that there are, and there have been.

There is a reason behind life. There is some connectivity between living beings. Whether you want to call that ‘God’ or ‘The Force’ or whatever word you use for it, I do believe in a spiritualized mechanism.

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

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.”

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

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

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