146 Quotes by Damon Lindelof

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.

A lot of writers whom I love, admire and call friends share this feeling, which is this fundamental idea that we're frauds. That we will be pushed out on to the stage, and it will be revealed that the emperor has no clothes.

I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.

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

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

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

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

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

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