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

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.

I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself.

I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.

I like surprises.

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.

I always want to surprise myself, more than anybody else.

Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.

I like to surprise myself. I've always been attracted to projects where I don't know how they're going to turn out.

I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.