Robin Sloan Quotes

I see the world as an adventure thriller and a voyage of discovery. To me, all lives are lives of mystery and secrecy, and that's what I write about.

If you tell people what everything is before they have a chance to experience it, then I feel like it's a much different experience.

It's fun to discover things. I wouldn't want everything laid out, simply and too obviously.

Secrets make for good drama, and revealing the hidden truths and contradictions of life is, for me, one of the most exciting aspects of making movies.

I love the unknown. I love the discovery of what will be happening and just kind of sitting back and not knowing.

And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

My duty is to make probable the improbable. If I tell you how I did it, I will ruin your experience.

I haven't a clue what's going to happen next, and I can't wait to find out.

The closest synonym of happiness is excitement, and you can generate it by doing something that you can't completely comprehend. This understanding makes the process rich and exciting.

Come on,'he says.' I have something else to show you.

Something, or something awful or something wonderful was certain to happen on every day in this part of Africa.

Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life. ... The unexpected around the corner gives a sense of anticipation and surprise. Thank God for the unknown future.

I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.

There's nothing better than not knowing what's going to happen until you put the pieces together.

I like surprises.

Going after the unknown is always fascinating, I think. It becomes part of your life, this desire to know.

People like secrets. Creative people really like secrets.

The heart has a yearning for the unknown, a longing to penetrate the deep shadow and the winding glade, where, as it seems, no human foot has been.

I don't know why people are so obsessed with finding out stuff before the movie comes out. It's so much more fun to just go. I mean, I don't do that. I don't go looking for stuff that I'm interested in, you know, to try and find out pictures and what the movie's about. It's so much more fun to be surprised.

You can only maintain your interest if you're travelling more in ignorance than knowledge.

Now comes the mystery.

All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out.

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

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