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Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.

It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

You know the thing that interests me about 'Unsolved Mysteries?' It's because there are people out there, people who know something, who may have the one final clue.

It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery away.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

I think my mystery, or any person's mystery, is the thing that makes them most interesting. I try to be as conscious as possible of keeping that alive.

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 known where it will end.

What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.

I'm not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling - I like to know where the mythology's going; I like to get there in an exciting, fast-paced way - enough that there's a really clear, aggressive direction to where it's going, to pay off mystery and reward the audiences loyalty.