“So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon.” WayHappensSurpriseOne WayGreekDefault Author:Lucas Papademos
“I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams playing a tough woman in 'The Fighter' was a surprise. People saw her as a princess.” PeopleWayFeelsJobsFeltAudienceSawsDirectorsToughSurpriseFighterPrincessAmyTough Women Author:David O. Russell
“One of the tricky things about running a TV show is that you just never know how good the guest stars you cast on a weekly basis, how good they're going to be in the episode. Sometimes they surprise you in good ways and sometimes they surprise you in disappointing ways.” KnowsWaySometimesShowsRunningStarsKnow HowTvsBasesSurpriseCastsGuestsEpisodesTv ShowsTrickyGood WayDisappointingGuest Stars Author:Shawn Ryan
“Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, "You're hip-hop!" You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things.” KnowsWayDoeArtistCausesSeeingHotSurpriseHip HopSpotsHipsHopsHere And ThereLeaksClipQuentinTarantinoHip Hop Artist Author:Jamie Foxx
“I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.” WayTryingChallengesJourneyAmbitionDiscoverySurpriseMy AmbitionChallenging Myself Author:David Morrissey
“I love it when characters surprise you, just like real people. When I write a scene I just try to make the characters behave in a way that feels natural to them. Sometimes that means they make a left turn and do something unexpected. Those are always the best scenes in my opinion.” PeopleWayFeelsWritingTryingMeanRealSometimesCharacterTurnsLeftNaturalOpinionSceneSurpriseBehaveUnexpectedSomething Unexpected Author:Brad Falchuk
“When we dare to doubt what we are told and take a fresh look at what's going on, we are in for lots of pleasant and fascinating and useful surprises. A new and more satisfying way of life begins to open up, just by noticing what we see.” WayLooksDoubtSurpriseDarePleasantFascinatingOpennessSatisfyingNoticingFreshnessNewnessPleasant SurprisesLife Is Full Of SurprisesNewness Of Life Author:Douglas Harding
“It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course of hundreds of pages without any sort of payoff. That's why writing isn't a one-way street. You have to give something back: an interesting plot, a surprise, a laugh, a moment of tenderness, a mystery for the reader to piece together.” WayWantGivingWritingLittlesMomentsTogetherCoursesInterestingLaughingPiecesMysteryStreetsReaderPagesSurpriseInsightObservationOne WayPlotTendernessPayoff Author:Christopher Bollen
“I always hated those fantasy books where, at the end, all the kids had to go home. At the end of a Narnia book, you always got shown the door. Same with The Wizard Of Oz and The Phantom Tollbooth. You get kicked out of your magic land. It's like, "By the way, here's your next surprise: You get to go home!" And the kids are all like, "Yay, we get to go home!" I never bought that. Did anybody buy that?” WayBookEndsHomeKidsNextFantasyDoorsMagicLandSurpriseHatedWizardsPhantomsNarniaFantasy BooksPhantom TollboothYay Author:Lev Grossman