Thrill of the Unknown Quotes

Dullness is the spice of life. Which is why we must always use other spices.

I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.

When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting.

In rallying every curve, every hill may be different than you thought. That makes it interesting.

Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.

A sure thing is no fun.

I'm crazy about surprises. I love chance.

I always loved the challenge. When something new happened, I always used to get quite excited.

The euphoria of secrecy goes to the head.

If it's planned, it's boring

I do have a sense of fear every day going to work, but I think it's something that I like. I mean I do like the feeling of waking up on my own, having this moment of like: "Oh, f**k, I hope I can do this today!" Because it makes you realise that you're working with material or you're working with a director or you're working with a cast and they're keeping you on your toes.

I'm uncomfortable when I'm comfortable. I have to start something new-in the agency or in my personal life-every two years or so. Taking risks gives me energy. I can't help it, it's my personality. I'd like to think it's not really a compulsion toward high risks, but the spirit of an entrepreneur.

Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?

The adventurous state of mind is a high house... The joy of adventure is unaccountable. This is the attractiveness of artwork. It is adventurous, strenuous and joyful.

If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.

I like life to surprise me.

An adventure is never an adventure when it happens. An adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility.

There's always risk in life's most rewarding pursuits, isn't there?

It's more fun to experience things when you don't know what's going to happen.

...I have always lived on contrasts! To me the only death is monotony. Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins.

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.

Fear not lest precautions and protective contrivances diminish your pleasure: mystery only adds thereto.

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

You have to accept the fact that part of the sizzle of sex comes from the danger of sex. You can be overpowered.