Character Quote by Marisa Silver

I feel that my life and therefore my writing accept the possibility of all the mystery. Everything we don't know; everything that can possibly…

— Isabel Allende

Writing is a journey of discovery because until you start, you never know what will happen, and you can be surprised by what you…

— Mini Grey

I start with a character and a situation, but I don't know what's going to happen until I write it. Sometimes things happen that…

— Louis L'Amour

I don't know when I'm writing dark. I don't know when I'm writing funny or even heartbreaking. I'm always just trying to write it…

— Julianna Baggott

The writing process is very much like being in a dark tunnel, and you don't really know what you will end up with until…

— Emily Haines

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.

— Ann Beattie

Writing is a journey into the unknown.

— Charlie Kaufman

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

You have to prepare for the unexpected. You have to be able to react to things that don't necessarily happen every night, or aren't…

— Matthew Lewis

You will feel discouraged; you will lose confidence in your abilities; you will be bored with the characters–and the only way to overcome these…

— John Dufresne

“Sometimes the less we know about what will happen in a work of fiction, the better off we are. Because the more we know…

— Dermot Bolger

To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always…

— D. J. MacHale