85 Quotes by J.J. Abrams

I sort of love the idea of, you know, watching something and then having to wait for the next episode.

There are always a bunch of ideas floating around and I do the best that I can to try to not do them. The ideas don’t go away and, over time, are finally like, “Okay, it’s been around so long, I have to get this thing out,” and it somehow ends up coming to some version of fruition.

Whenever you’re playing sports with people who are better than you are, it makes you rise to the occasion.

It’s a leap of faith doing any serialised storytelling.

I’m working on the Star Wars script today and the people in my office have covered up all my windows with black paper. I guess they wanted to make sure no one could see what I was doing. It seems rather extreme.

Every hour that you spend doing something, even if you love it more than anything, you’re not with your family. Every project that you take on, that’s another choice.

What’s a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you’re just so excited to see anything – the moment the lights go down is often the best part.

People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.

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.