Michael Ovitz Quotes

Savor the mystery, Stephen, we don't get enough of them.

I think we're always intrigued by things we're not familiar with.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

I like the unknown. I like mystery.

If there wasn't mystery, people wouldn't have anything to ponder. If you already knew everything, you wouldn't have anything to think about and life would just be really boring.

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?

I have always been intrigued by these lives I have never experienced.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

What you don't know intrigues you more than what you do know.

What you know is always a little less attractive to you than what you don't know.

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

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.

It's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it?

I'm naturally attracted to something I don't understand because when you try to deal with something you don't understand, it opens a door into another world.

Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale.

Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.

The process of delving into the black abyss is to me the keenest form of fascination.

From an early age I was very, very fascinated by uncertainty.

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

When I'm an audience member I do not want to go and see something that I already know, I want to see something that I don't know. I want to be surprised and stimulated to think about something. I want the magic. I want to be in a situation of uncertainty; that's what excites me.

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

If there were no mystery left to explore life would get rather dull, wouldn't it?

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

I think people try so hard to learn everything that they miss all the wonderful essentials. There is so much mystery in life that you should leave a mystery.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.