85 Quotes by J.J. Abrams

To be a self rewritten from a lost first draft.

We’re always pitching ideas and being told “no thank you.” No offense taken, because I would so much rather be told the truth that they’re not interested and be able to find the right show for that network down the line.

Directing a movie precludes me from being involved in any greater way. But, the job was never to do more, it was always to enable. Sometimes as a producer, you’re creating and writing it, or sometimes you’re writing and directing it, or other times you’re there from the very beginning.

Robotics are beginning to cross that line from absolutely primitive motion to motion that resembles animal or human behavior.

Whenever I’ve directed something, there’s this feeling of demand and focus that I like.

I may be even more grateful to George Lucas now than I was as a kid.

To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.

I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.

I’m not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people’s imaginations.