“Actually solving the puzzles in the book isn't going to improve anyone's writing, but "trying to solve the puzzle" is one way to think about what a lot of us - writers and other artists - do every day. Step one is to recognize the problem, step two is deciding what constraints you want to impose or respect, and step three is finding a pleasing/surprising/exciting solution.” ThinkingWayWantWritingTryingTwoBookProblemArtistThreeStepsFindingsSolutionsExcitingSolveOne WaySurprisingPuzzlesConstraints Author:Peter Turchi
“I think of each movie as a puzzle. The fun is in solving the puzzle: finding a musical identity for the picture, however that can be summed up.” ThinkingFunIdentityFindingsMusicalPuzzles Author:Marco Beltrami
“I think people moving through space and the way they say lines, it's a puzzle to be solved every time. But there's a right way to do it that feels natural. And it's just kind of finding that right thing.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsKindMovingNaturalLinesSpaceFindingsRight ThingRight WayPuzzles Author:Timothy Miller
“There's this moment sometimes, when you do a crossword puzzle and you have the one really long word. And once you get that, the whole thing kind of comes into focus. Sometimes it's just working things over in your mind and then finding that one line that kind of ties the song together, and now it works. It's a puzzle of sorts.” MindKindLongSometimesWholeMomentsTogetherSongLinesFocusFindingsTiesWorking ItPuzzlesOne LineReally LongCrosswordsLong WordsWorking Things Author:Craig Finn
“I had a weird, empty feeling inside me. Not a bad sort of empty. It was a sort of lack of sensation, like being in pain for a long time and then suddenly realizing that you're not anymore. It was the feeling of having risked everything to be here with a boy and then realizing that he was exactly what I wanted. Being a picture and then finding I was really a puzzle piece, once I found the piece that was supposed to fit beside me.” LongFeelingsWantedPainFoundRealizingBoysPiecesFitFindingsLong TimeEmptySensationsPuzzlesPuzzle Piece Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“But don’t you find the concept of love unusual? (Alix) Not at all. Love I understand completely. It’s hatred that puzzles me. I don’t comprehend finding pleasure in cruelty. (Vik)” PleasureFindingsConceptsHatredCrueltyUnusualPuzzlesConcept Of Love Book:Born of Ice Source: Born of Ice