Damon Lindelof Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Damon: You know how much people love the episode where we found out how Jack got his tattoos, well wait ‘til you find out how Ezra James Sharkington got his Dharma tattoo. What if he got it… Wait… What if Ezra James Sharkington got his Dharma tattoo from Bai Ling? Then she could come back and finish that six episode arc she’s talking about. He can be like, “I will bite your face if you do not give me a Dharma tattoo!"

Damon:The cast of the show are great, you know they keep Lost alive.

Damon Lindelof: (On how hard it is to make Lost) In television, if I write that Matthew Fox flies up around the island so he can see how big it is, we have to actually shoot that. In a comic book, you write it, somebody draws it and there it is. No budget, no actors. That frees you up to really do some outside-the-box storytelling.

Damon Lindelof: (On the season 3 premiere of Lost) Here's what you won't see: Golbetrotters, zombies, the guy Meredith Grey didn't choose, coconut radios, Laura Palmer, Jack laughing, Desmond running naked through the jungle, the Others' annual talent show, buttons, timers, electromagnetic anomalies, Cylons, cyclones, or clones, nanobots, Captain Jack Sparrow, and time travel.

Damon Lindelof: (On Lost being different from other TV shows) We're finding the show is inherently different in a lot of ways and it's just a byproduct of the fact that a serialized TV show like this is always moving forward— 24 is serialized but every season they reset. Lost , season two literally starts approximately five seconds after season one ends so you're inheriting everything they know about the island.

Damon: (Referring to "Lost" theories) To me, it’s always more interesting to not take away any legitimate theories from the audience.

Damon: (about the numbers on "Lost") To answer why we chose those numbers would give up a big chunk of mythology that we are not ready to reveal yet. All I’ll say is that the selection of those numbers was not arbitrary.

Damon: There are different facets of my personality that are reflected in different characters. The character that I identified with most last year was Jack, because he was thrust into a leadership role that he wasn’t fully ready to take on. He had to make a series of hard decisions that weren’t necessarily popular decisions. Entering the foray of being the executive producer of a television show, I could identify with his life situation more than I could with any of the other characters’ life situations. But I also feel that I have a cynical sense of humor that is reflected in Sawyer’s dialogue, and I have a vulnerable side that I always think about when I’m writing Kate. I have a happier, hippier, dippier side that is reflected when I’m writing Hurley.

Damon: The audience have waited long enough.(Referring to "Lost" season 3 premeire)

Trivia

Damon is known as a legend to his fellow Lost Crew members.

Damon used to work at Paramount studios and Fox Studios, reviewing scripts.

Damon is a massive fan of "Star Trek" and "Star Wars".

Damon has also produced many episodes of various MTV shows.

Damon used to play in a band called Petting Zoo.

Damon has been quoted saying that the novel "Watchmen" by Alan Moore is the greatest piece of popular fiction ever produced.

David and co-producer of Lost J.J Abrams have both said they are huge "Star Wars" fans.

Damon has written more "Lost" episodes than any other writer for the show.

Damon co-hosts the "Official UK Lost Podcast".

Damon was nominated for an Emmy award in 2006 for "Outstanding writing for a drama series" for "Lost"'s episode "The23rd Psalm".

In April 2006 Damon was named as co-producer for the upcoming "Star Trek XI" movie scheduled for a 2008 release.

Damon answers fan's questions in "Titan Magazine"'s "Lost" magazine