Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story can take a left turn on you, it's easy to do, but it has to be done very, very carefully, or else you risk losing the audience's trust.
I stand by the Lost finale. It's the story that we wanted to tell, and we told it. No excuses. No apologies. I look back on it as fondly as I look ba… - Damon Lindelof
I stand by the Lost finale. It's the story that we wanted to tell, and we told it. No excuses. No apologies. I look back on it as fondly as I look ba…
- Damon Lindelof
Once you spend more than $100 million on a movie, you have to save the world. - Damon Lindelof
Once you spend more than $100 million on a movie, you have to save the world.
I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories. - Damon Lindelof
I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.
I felt like if I said something positive on Twitter, it got no play. But if I said something negative on Twitter, it was a billion retweets and so th… - Damon Lindelof
I felt like if I said something positive on Twitter, it got no play. But if I said something negative on Twitter, it was a billion retweets and so th…
The interpretive element of "Lost," the fact that you immediately need as soon as the episode is over to seek out a community of people to express yo… - Damon Lindelof
The interpretive element of "Lost," the fact that you immediately need as soon as the episode is over to seek out a community of people to express yo…
In television, I don't feel constraints. I feel a lot freedom to maneuver. - Damon Lindelof
In television, I don't feel constraints. I feel a lot freedom to maneuver.
As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that st… - Damon Lindelof
As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that st…
One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism. - Damon Lindelof
One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism.
I'm not glass-half-full, glass-half-empty; I'm like, "There's a glass?" - Damon Lindelof
I'm not glass-half-full, glass-half-empty; I'm like, "There's a glass?"
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