Book Quote by Eldridge Cleaver

For me Oliver Twist is a political novel. It is a furious critique of the treatment of orphans and poor children who were forced…

— Henning Mankell

It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.

— Bill Paxton

Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story can take…

— Damon Lindelof

I never look at twists as a way to trick the audience. Obviously, I think a good story has surprises and unexpected turns, and…

— Sam Esmail

“I found the final plot twist unsatisfying, as plot twists often are: nothing like life, which - it seems to me - turns less…

— Harriet Lane

God always comes up with a third act twist -- and we won't know until we die whether the play was a comedy or…

— Joan Rivers

I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster story -…

— Edward G. Robinson

In the 'Buffy' room, it was never about a plot twist, ever. It was always about, 'Tell the story, tell the characters, complicate their…

— Drew Goddard

It's a comedy thriller, brilliantly written and it's full of twists and turns at every page. When I was reading it I was desperate…

— Louise Jameson

I always feel that a viewer has an expectation about every moment of the film and where it's going, so if I act against…

— Asghar Farhadi

“It was a modern massacre: urban in origin, driven by ideology, fueled by the press, and abetted by politicians from afar.”

— Helmut Walser Smith

I don't like twists. I don't get much out of them. If you know two cars are about to run into each other, you…

— Robert Eggers