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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I quite like the element of surprise, and as much as I have my ideas, I always appreciate ideas that come from other people as well, and I love the mystery of not knowing.
A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life.
I like to surprise people. I try to take risks.
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 always want to surprise myself, more than anybody else.
Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise.
Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of a consequence enlarges our understanding of what is happening.
The thing I have always tried to do is surprise people: to present them with something they didn't expect.
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
That's the tricky thing these days: being able to surprise people.
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