“Poetry never loses its appeal. Sometimes its audience wanes and sometimes it swells like a wave. But the essential mystery of being human is always going to engage and compel us. We're involved in a mystery. Poetry uses words to put us in touch with that mystery. We're always going to need it.” NeedsHumansSometimesUsePoetryLosesAudienceMysteryInvolvedEssentialsWaveAppealsBeing Human Author:Edward Hirsch
“A piece of literature can be many things but first of all it must capture its audience. You need to seduce people, entice them into a world of beauty and horror, light and shadow, of passion, of romance, of mystery. That's the magic of it. Beyond that, of course, you can open a dialogue about the ideas which interest you, but first of all you absolutely must get inside people's minds.” PeopleWorldNeedsMindFirstsIdeasLightRomancePassionCoursesLiteratureInterestAudiencePiecesMagicMysteryHorrorShadowDialogueCaptureSeducingLight And Shadow Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“I don't think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare. It keeps it more of a surprise. I don't feel like it has to be a mystery.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsDoeAudienceMysterySurprise Author:Alan Arkin
“If the audience knows what's behind the door and the actor does not, that's comedy. If both the audience and the actor do not know, that's mystery!” IfsKnowsDoeActorsBehindsAudienceComedyDoorsMystery Author:Melvin Helitzer
“Unlike typical romantic comedies, Definitely Maybe is not formulaic or predictable and it spans a decade while being set against a political background. Also, the audience doesn't know who ends up with who until the very end, which makes it a sort of "romantic mystery comedy".” KnowsEndsPoliticalAudienceComedyMysteryDecadesBackgroundsTypicalPredictable Author:Isla Fisher