You know, I don't think I had a concept of what I would be or do.
I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
You might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
I've always been able to survive by writing, though.
Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.
Being a filmmaker is kind of like being a glorified spy.
I've recently enjoyed the Paul Thomas Anderson commentaries and the David Fincher commentaries.
Occasionally a roast master needs to get out of Dodge.
Livability has always struck me as a consolation prize.
It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.
Of course, I saw 'The Social Network,' which is a beautiful film.
I write fast, I write beautifully, I write convincingly.
Passivity is the same as defending injustice.
A sociopath is just a label and doesn't encompass the entire being of a person.
It's the perfect definition of a settlement. Both parties didn't get what they wanted.
TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing.
You aren't allowed to ask at auditions, legally, a person's race.
A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen.
I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
My gravestone will say, 'Here Lies Damon Lindelof - Or Does He?'
We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital.