"Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery."

“Lookin' back is a bad habit.”

“We don't have a rooting interest. We have an interest in watching people excel and then coming up with creative ways to describe it.”

“I don't like religion very much. I think it's all about people trying to be very certain about things that are very uncertain.”

Source : Interview with David Jacob Kramer, believermag.com. June 1, 2009.

“If I've been hurt, I'm not one of those people who can hide it or bury it deep within. I give myself time to work through it, cry, journal, pray, call my best friends. Then I try to take a step back and get perspective. I try to remind myself of all the positive things in my life and do my best to let it go.”

“I teach a course in screenwriting at Columbia, but I've never taken a course and I've never read a book about it!”

“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.”

Source : "Damon Lindelof Talks Star Trek Into Darkness, the Editing Process, Why They Changed the Order of the First Two Scenes, Trek 3, and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 16, 2013.

“Why, flowers are violent, cruel, terrible, splendid...like love.”

Source : "Torture Garden".

“I just let my hair go - if there's no hairdresser around I really can't be bothered!”