Michael Zaslow Quotes

I'm a walking, talking enigma.

I just love characters that are complex, that you can dig into and keep itching the scratch and never quite be satisfied because they have enough going on with them that it's like a giant puzzle.

Chekhov understood that people are mysterious and can't be reduced to what we nowadays call 'motivation.'

A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers.

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.

I'm an enigma, an unknown. You can't really figure out what I'm going to do next. I like it like that.

I do sometimes play characters that are a bit ambiguous. You've got to be brave about that sort of stuff. I like the sense of people not feeling too secure, not immediately knowing what they have in front of them.

The thing I find really scary about ghosts and demons is that you don't really know what they are or where they are. They're not very well understood. You don't know what they want from you. So it's the kind of thing you don't even know how to defend yourself against. Anything that's unknown and mysterious is very scary.

It's good to be difficult to know. Too many people are too easy to know.

When you can't put your finger on it, that's the most exciting stuff.

A well-written character is one where you don't know in which direction it's going; the character could spring a surprise any moment.

The more you know about Bob Dylan, the less you know. A truly enigmatic artist, Mr. Dylan's work and life offer vaporous handholds, explanations, and instructions. Attempt to grasp them, and they will only dissipate and re-form into another contexture or idea.

It's better not to know so much about what things mean or how they might be interpreted or you'll be too afraid to let things keep happening. Psychology destroys the mystery, this kind of magic quality. It can be reduced to certain neuroses or certain things, and since it is now named and defined, it's lost its mystery and the potential for a vast, infinite experience.

I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don't want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character.

But mark, madam, we live amongst riddles and mysteries--the most obvious things, which come in our way, have dark sides, which thequickest sight cannot penetrate into; and even the clearest and most exalted understandings amongst us find ourselves puzzled and at a loss in almost every cranny of nature's works.

We live in a bewildering world.

As much as most of the actors were kind of curious to know what their character meant in relation to the script and to the plot, they really were quite happy to be part of the adventure of not knowing.

Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect.

The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.

I am attracted to the complexities and deeper truths of characters, and I can't name a favourite role any more than I can name a favourite food!

People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am.

The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.

That's the thing with 'Lost': you can put a spin on so many things.

Mystique is rare now, isn't it? There aren't that many enigmas in this modern world.

Confusion makes people uncomfortable. They can't put their finger on me.