Dan Trachtenberg Quotes

I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me." "Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep.

I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.

I like the unknown. That's what Terry Malick has always really liked. He's always looking for the unexpected.

I always try to incorporate something in every book that I've never used before. Hopefully, spontaneity will keep readers reading.

A magic show and a concert are very similar in the way I like keeping things a mystery and not doing them the same way every time. The listener and the audience never know what's going to happen next.

I like to try new stuff and experiment. That's why I think it's entertaining to watch my matches, because you never know what I'm going to do, and you see things that you've never seen before.

Anything that I'm passionate about and surprises me usually ends up turning into a joke simply because I have questions about it and I'm curious and I want to talk about it.

I understand, as an artist as well as a producer, the need for there to be mystery and surprise.

Colin did not laugh. Instead he thought, Tampons have strings? Why? Of all the major human mysteries - God, the nature of the universe, etc. - he knew the least about tampons. To Colin, tampons were a little bit like grizzly bears: he was aware of their existence, but he'd never seen on in the wild, and didn't really care to.

My ambition is to keep the audience guessing... that is my path to a long career.

Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

There is a close relationship between the "ha-ha" of humor and the "aha!" of discovery.

If I were to ask the famous Henry Ford to come over here and do what I tell him to do, would he do it? Never! But if I were to make a thousand-year-old corpse come alive before his eyes, he would jump at the chance to stay here and wash my clothes!

When I read something, I want to be surprised. So I read something and go, "Wow, I never, ever would have thought of playing this kind of role. This is exciting me, let's go do this."

Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won't do what you've done before.

He was distracted by a giggle, and turned to see a rare sight: a girl.

People expect the math to be simplified, but I want to surprise them right from the start. When the brain gets lost, it doesn't stop working. It tries to makes sense of things. It begins to speculate and guess, and that's when things open up. That's exciting.

The everlasting lure of round-the-corner, how fascinating it is.

Jackpot, Max! Jackpot!" It was Fang and he was giggling hysterically. For those of you just joining us, Fang doesn't giggle, esspecially hysterically.