Douglas Trumbull Quotes

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.

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.

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

I like the unknown. I like mystery.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

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.

I think I've always been slightly addicted to not repeating myself. When you're doing something the first time around, it's often the best time. I think 'Blank Project' is about carrying on. Its that thing where you're making something because you have to, but you don't know how or why.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

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

People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.

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.

People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.

From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.

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

I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.

I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.

I like to surprise myself. I've always been attracted to projects where I don't know how they're going to turn out.

I think probably with any performer, but maybe with rock music especially, the audience wants to see the singer being real, and exploring, and not doing a rehearsed routine, so I'm just constantly looking for new things to try. I'm really curious out there, and my curiosity has led me into all kinds of bizarre situations.

Fear of the unknown is a great creative partner.

Nothing is more uninteresting than completely knowing somebody, being totally at ease.

My new toy is not knowing, because it's very creative. I'm the guy who likes to get in the car and get lost.

I like going into places that you never know what you're going to find because you can go in with no ideas and leave with thousands.

If I knew what the photograph was going to look like, I wouldn't bother taking it. It's the voyage of discovery that fascinates me.

I want to be surprised by life... I think that's more interesting.