The rules of suspense are that you do know, and you just don't know when. In the Hitchcock rules of suspense, you… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
Surprise parties are strange 'cause people jump up and they yell the word, 'surprise' at the party. I came home and you… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
A good poem has its own life. It's like bringing a child into the world. You, the poet, birthed the child, but… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
The time passes so quickly during these full and active middle years that most people arrive at the end of middle age… — Robert J. Havighurst Copy Share Image
Jeff Eastin is good in that he'll tell me a plot twist that's coming up if he thinks it would be something… — Tim DeKay Copy Share Image
You couldn't escape the literary atmosphere in our home. I grew up as a Britisher. I played a protagonist of every nationality… — Satya Bhabha Copy Share Image
Travel is a joy, full of surprises. Perhaps some of the most enjoyable times are those where one comes close to disaster:… — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
The stupidity of a stupid man is exercised in a restricted field; the stupidity of an intelligent man has a much wider… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
The Girl With Many Eyes One day in the park I had quite a surprise. I met a girl who had many… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
The key here is that with planning, you can take advantage of opportunities, where without this planning, you may just watch them… — Bruce Pittman Copy Share Image
Even the dullest bird or face becomes interesting when you give it a good look in the wild/flesh. The way the shadow… — Siegfried Woldhek Copy Share Image
It should not be a surprise to find that s/m fantasy is significant in women's sex lives. Women may be born free… — Sheila Jeffreys Copy Share Image
NO matter evEn wheN yOu r ascEnding dE sOcial lAddEr, yOu juz heaR peOple in MasK , n de SurpRise elemenT iS… — Garuda S Copy Share Image
I remembered Nahadoth's lips on my throat and fought to suppress a shudder, only half succeeding. Death as a consequence of lying… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
It takes time and devotion to learn the language of color and lighting in the garden. Your tastes are sure to change… — Christopher McDowell Copy Share Image
You look at somebody like Frankie Edgar and you think, 'oh, that little guy,' this and that. But these guys, they want… — B. J. Penn Copy Share Image
Bubbles. On a scale of one to ten, a bubble bath has to rank zero as far as things I'd expect an… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
I'm a strange person. Sometimes I hardly know what I'm going to do or say next. Sometimes I seem a stranger to… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
There's something about Saint Francis's approach to life, zero expectations but pleasant surprise. In a lot of ways he was a really… — Denison Witmer Copy Share Image
THE NOTE said the first clue was "in the big one." I looked at the jumble of letters that followed, and I… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
It may come as a surprise, but Frou Frou was really like a kind of little holiday from my own work. Guy… — Imogen Heap Copy Share Image
My greatest surprise was that so much of what we think is common sense is just prejudice, and so much of what… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
When people learn that I'm a qualified primary school teacher, I'm often met with surprise and a list of questions, including, 'How… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
There are times when I surprise myself with the kind of patience I have shown and then there are times when I… — Neha Pendse Copy Share Image
All good art has contained both abstract and surrealist elements, just as it has contained both classical and romantic elements - order… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
I usually start with an ending, then outline high points of things that happen, and kind of make up the rest as… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
Do not, as is usually the case, thrust the care of the common weal upon your neighbor; then, as each one in… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
Can there be allowed - are we allowed to have any more in the military, General, the element of surprise? You know,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Even with the full knowledge of it, you need to work with chocolates for an extended period of time to have a… — Amaury Guichon Copy Share Image
I concentrate on character, theme, language, structure, voice. It actually surprises me that no matter what I write, people declare it "intently… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I love the fact that it starts from there, and you don't know where it's gonna go. Wait long enough - love… — Hector Elizondo Copy Share Image
I think, in Japan, animation isn't relegated to being a genre unto itself. It's just a medium by which you can tell… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
I really didn't have any bad hitchhiking experiences. The only bad experiences were standing by the road for 10 hours. I never… — John Waters Copy Share Image
About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination… — Alan Thicke Copy Share Image
When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go… — Hallie Ephron Copy Share Image
Throughout her career, Ana Barbara has cultivated endless hits; each of her albums was a true musical surprise... this is why today… — Ana Barbara Copy Share Image
I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people, because I don't think that anybody knows anything about me at all.… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
A Heart So White is simply one of the best novels I know. I'm also thrilled by Javier Marías sentences, by how… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
I've been listening to a lot of John Coltrane. I don't know if that would or wouldn't surprise anybody. I go through… — Robin Pecknold Copy Share Image
