Books Quote by Dave Gibbons

I love surprises! That's what is great about reading. When you open a book, you never know what you'll find.

— Jerry Spinelli

I quite like the element of surprise, and as much as I have my ideas, I always appreciate ideas that come from other people…

— Sam Claflin

I like surprises. I like mystery. I’m not the kind of person who goes to the writer’s room and goes, I need to know…

— Josh Holloway

I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting.…

— Lalla Ward

Surprise keeps the reader awake. The only alternative is to continue saying what the reader is expecting. What fun is that?

— Aaron Belz

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing -…

— V. S. Naipaul

The element of surprise is the most important thing and what keeps me interested in writing. I can feel it if I've written that…

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.

— Wally Lamb

“You might ask yourself why you want to surprise your readers in the first place. A surprise ending is sort of like a surprise…

— Jincy Willett

“One of the elements of writing that is most delightful to the engaged reader is the element of surprise. And one of the ways…

— Douglas Wilson

I like it when stories are left open.

— Alan Rickman

In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.

— Jodi Picoult