26 Damon Lindelof Quotes for You to Enjoy

Damon Lindelof

American Writer

Born: Apr 24, 1973

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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. Damon Lindelof

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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. Damon Lindelof

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

Great You Wish Be Careful Sci-Fi Careful

I would say that my fatal flaw, as a human being, is that I need people to like me, and if they don't like me, I will obsess over it - and try to change my personality until they like me - even if they don't like me for reasons that have nothing to do with me, and even if they're strangers. Damon Lindelof

I always remember liking school. Damon Lindelof

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

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

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I look at myself more as a storyteller than a screenwriter, as pretentious as that may sound, but that's what really attracts me to TED Talks. For me, the really effective ones are being presented by expert storytellers. Damon Lindelof

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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 your own thoughts about it, understand what they thought about it and form an opinion - that's the bread and butter of the show. Damon Lindelof

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