About Quote by Paul Harding

What I do is write, and I try to write as closely as I can into what I call 'the mystery.'

— Nick Flynn

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

— Ann Beattie

If you're a writer, you know there are ways in which we don't know what we're doing at all. We're working out mysteries in…

— Colum McCann

I don't think of myself as a mystery or thriller writer, honestly. I am in awe of mystery writers and don't think I have…

— Celeste Ng

Writing is not a mystery. It is a craft like any other, and it can be learned.

— Robert Scholes

The appeal of writing is primarily the investigation of mystery.

— Joyce Carol Oates

There are two ways to approach the writing of a mystery novel: adhere to the rules, or break them with glee.

— Sarah Weinman

I want what I write to be deeply engaging and strange and true.

— Dana Spiotta

I'm always looking for the potential mystery in everything; I can't imagine writing about anything else.

— Tana French

I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining. One, I rarely have anything to say. It's much…

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.

— Isabel Allende

Judging by the volume of titles published each year, mystery readers are restless in their pursuit of literary escape. They might travel to far-flung…

— Sarah Weinman