Once you spend more than $100 million on a movie, you have to save the world.

As a storyteller, you also don't want to make people feel like they're left out, like other people who have read the book have an interior knowledge of this show, and the degree of difficulty in watching it is much higher.

My gravestone will say,'Here Lies Damon Lindelof - Or Does He?

Look, we can definitively agree that cable is far superior to network. That isn't to say that there can't be a great network drama or comedy that makes 20-plus episodes a year. We know that there are, and there have been.

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

If you're constantly hamstrung by worry that people aren't going to like it, you can't do your job.

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.