Damon Lindelof Quotes - Page 2

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

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.

It's television. The reality of it is, if you go on the boards and people are saying, "I saw that coming," or "This is lame," or "I can't believe they're doing this again..." Having been one of those people myself, I know better, and try to avoid it.

Sometimes diehard fans expect so much that they're never happy no matter what they get.

I'm a huge Star Trek fan. I've seen all the shows, I've seen all the movies, but ultimately I just want a 2-hour movie that takes me to another time and place - something that entertains me.

I think that at the end of the day I'm drawn to a certain level of ambiguous storytelling that requires hard thought and work in the same way that the New York Times crossword puzzle does: Sometimes you just want to put it down or throw it out the window, but there's a real rewarding sense if you feel like you've cracked it.

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

I don't think it's hubris for me to say I'm a Trek fan. So, I don't treat Trek fans as somebody who's separate than I am. The only thing that separates them is, I'm one of the people responsible for the story in this movie and they're not. But we're all Trek fans. I can hang.

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

When you're a writer and you're a producer, traditionally the junkets are really focused on the beautiful people and nobody wants to talk to you.

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

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

I think that 'The Shield' was a phenomenal series finale.

I feel like the big twist shows are now off the table. I think Westworld was probably the last one to Trojan horse this idea of the young man in black. They were doing non-linear storytelling, but disguising it. Jonah Nolan and Lisa Joy have spoken openly about how they just didn't think people were going to figure it out that fast.

When someone says something in an interview, the beauty of Twitter is that it's a platform for instantaneous response.

We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'

The fundamental law of nature is to not know too much about yourself.

The best jokes on The Leftovers are the ones that make you feel a little sick to your stomach.

The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.

I'm not sitting around thinking of ideas for TV shows.

Connecting dots is not that rewarding of an experience.

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

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.