Richard H. Stoddard Quotes

It's kind of part of human nature to want to know the truth or want to be in on the secret. For stories that focus in on that - like whodunits - it's easy to get drawn into.

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.

The enduring appeal of mystery stories for all of us is that the world is a pretty confusing place. There's a lot of really unanswered things, and perhaps the scariest notion would be that there might not always be answers out there for us.

Suspense is my thing. I think I am able to make people want to keep turning pages. They want to know what happens. So I can do that.

What, nephew, said the king, is the wind in that door?

Don't be so familiar and so much into the details. Keep people dreaming. Close the window, and make them wonder.

For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I'm related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I got to know him too well, but I think life should be that way.

Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.

I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.

I've always loved mysteries, the something there that you didn't know, and with 'Case Histories' I just decide to make that more up-front.

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

I think mystery... allows us time to dream.

I'm so curious about knowing the unknown; it can be scary, but I see it as a game.

I'm always looking for the potential mystery in everything; I can't imagine writing about anything else.

I know what it's like to be genuinely intrigued and compelled by a story and to have a sense that there's an adventure to be had and a film to be conjured.

In 'Lost,' they really believed in the mystery box and not looking too much inside the mystery box. It was some kind of idea generator that you didn't need to dissect and open up. And that's absolutely fascinating and an engaging way to tell a story.

I like mysteries.

You know, the less you say, the more they wonder.

When you have 12 hours of storytelling, the cool thing about it is that you get to really leave people with question marks, but hopefully wanting to come back.

I think fantasy thrillers excite audiences as, inherently, people have a fascination for the unknown and the unexplained.

There is hardly a person alive who does not want to know 'what happened next,' in any context.

I will say this: 'Gravity Falls' is a show about mystery, that itch you get when you're curious. That itself is a really cool, inspiring thing.

There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.