There is always a pleasure in unravelling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty. — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Junk stands and antique markets are the perfect place to pick up clues about the history of a country, region or town. — Judith Miller Copy Share Image
I write in expectation that readers want to participate in a kind of two-sided game: They are trying to guess what I… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
“I stared at the list, as though willing the murderer's name to appear in red letters before my eyes. I felt I… — Ashley Weaver Copy Share Image
I don't mind a narrator who's self-deceiving, but the clues for their truth have to be there for the reader to see. — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
Writers are outsiders. Even when we seem like insiders, we're outsiders. We have to be. Our noses pressed to the glass, we… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after… — Marion Milner Copy Share Image
Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight… — Nathaniel Rich Copy Share Image
I couldn't resist hiding some historical details and a few clues relevant to the plot and characters of 'A Discovery of Witches'… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
The fact that we can't easily foresee clues that would betray an intelligence a million millennia farther down the road suggests that… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
The best science frequently combines an awareness of broad and significant problems with focus on an apparently small issue or detail that… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
“He walked back to St George's-in-the-East, which in his mind he had now reduced to a number of surfaces against which the… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
Find somebody who has been successful, and learn how to do it. Find somebody who has been unsuccessful, and learn how not… — Booger McFarland Copy Share Image
