131 Quotes by J. J. Abrams

All I know is that I've made some big screw-ups, and I've done some things that have done all right. I just keep trying to learn from the mistakes I've made.

George Lucas is the reason that we got to make this movie, you know, he was the man that created this whole galaxy, and I am incredibly grateful to him. He's an artist and he's a grown-up. And I take him at his word, and it doesn't mean I agree with everything he says, but I respect, you know, his right to his opinion.

When you work on something that combines both the spectacular and the relatable, the hyperreal and the real, it suddenly can become supernatural. The hypothetical and the theoretical can become literal.

Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.

I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it.

I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.

I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.

I don't think I have a signature.

I don't try and write strong female characters or strong male characters, I just try and write, hopefully, strong characters and sometimes they happen to be female.