I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies…

I work fitfully, in hope rather than in expectation, invent methods which last a week, and fill notebooks with tiny, illegible writing which often…

— Anthony Minghella

I would never want to do something just for the sake of being independent or for the sake of doing big films. I'm always…

— Alice Englert

I like to be surprised! But it's always hard to surprise me.

— Liza Soberano

That of all people, it should be him; that took her aback. That the heart should settle on somebody like him; that surprised her.…

— Alexander McCall Smith

I do like being surprised by directors and producers and being offered parts I would never have considered, including parts that aren't necessarily obvious…

— Stephen Fry

I guess no matter what your family is like, you're not surprised.

— Audrey Niffenegger

“It’s actually entertaining.” “You say that like you’re surprised.” He looked like a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming eighteen-wheeler, and I…

— Rachel Hawthorne

The unknown is very appealing to me. I like to be surprised. I love the idea I might know less at the end of…

— James Spader

When I read a book, I like to be surprised. I don't want to read the same genre formula that I've read a hundred…

— Chet Williamson

I always like being surprised and sort of caught off guard by other people's work. So it doesn't cause me any anxiety to explore…

— Joe Bradley

I do like to be surprised.

— Lynne Rae Perkins

One of the reasons I write is I like being surprised

— Anne Enright

I like to be surprised by life.

— Josh McDermitt

Not like Tobias, who is almost shy when he smiles, like he is surprised you bothered to look at him in the first place.

— Veronica Roth

I like to be surprised by life; it's a good thing to search for the puzzle pieces.

— Josh McDermitt