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- Nov 07, 2020
Mystery Quotes
On suspense, secrecy, and the pull of not knowing.
These quotes move between a filmmaker's take on the ongoing-killer structure of a horror franchise and an unrelated aside on how intuitive a modern device can be. A more poetic line asks for a plain, quiet mystery rather than an elaborate one. Try Mystery riddles for a playful companion page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Research
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it.
- Infinity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity.
- Nov 07, 2020
In terms of publicity and interviews, well, it's really hard in this modern world to keep a sense of mystery.
- Nov 07, 2020
'Original Sin' is, for me, a murder mystery with a huge cast that plays out on a grand stage.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the mystery behind things.
- Horse
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- Nov 07, 2020
I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, Subterranean. It took me 11 months to write.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seemed to me that I could write commercial fiction. I wasn't sure whether I could, or whether I wanted to write serious fiction at that point. So I said, 'Let me try something else,' and I wrote a mystery - but I didn't know much about it.
- Edgar
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 26, I wrote my first mystery, 'The Thomas Berryman Number', and it was turned down by, I don't know, 31 publishers. Then it won an Edgar for Best First Novel. Go figure.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'
- Existence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The shaved head with which I returned to university in my second year was meant to give me a new air of mystery and menace. It did not.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020