Hindsight Is 20/20, But The Moral Of

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.

If I Went For A Long Period In My Life Where I Was Unemployed And I Was Unable To Make A Living And The Only Way For Me To Basically Provide For My Family Was, "hey, We're Bringing Lost Back!", Then I Would Probably Consider It. But I Feel Like It Would Be A Betrayal To The Fandom, And Myself, To Do Anymore Lost, Because We Had Such An Adequate Period Of Time To End The Show.

I Think That We, As Writers, Get Excited By Risk. When We Are Feeling Comfortable And Familiar, I Wouldn't Say That We Get Bored, But The Energy In The Room Gets Flat. When We're Most Excited And When The Show Is The Most Fun, It's When We're Duking Things Out.

I Stand By The Lost Finale. It's The Story That We Wanted To Tell, And We Told It. No Excuses. No Apologies. I Look Back On It As Fondly As I Look Back On The Process Of Writing The Whole Show. And While I'll Always Care What You Think, I Can't Be A Slave To It Anymore. Here's Why: I Did It For Me. I Liked It. I Was Good At It. And I Was Really … I Was Alive.

If Your Friend Is Critical [of Your Work], You Have To Have A Very Thick Skin And A Thick Skin Is Something That Only Builds Up After It's Callused For Awhile.