Max Joseph Quotes

It's always good to keep people guessing.

I want to keep people guessing.

I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all.

My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing.

I like to keep people guessing.

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

When you're making a psychological thriller, what you need to do is have an audience on shifting sand so they're never quite sure where they are.

I like keeping people guessing. I like to have fun with them wondering if I'm sane or not.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

Keep everybody guessing as to what your next trick is going to be. Don't become too predictable.

Men are intrigued by anything they do not completly control.

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.

It's fun when you're confusing people.

I love a great conspiracy story. Who doesn't?

I love things that are harsh and things that are too loud. And I love lulling people into a false sense of security. That's life.

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

Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express.

On an island, anything can happen. In a crime novel, it usually does.

I like the unknown. I like mystery.

Lie to Me' is one of the smartest shows on TV. We have something different, unique and new to say to the audience that they're not going to get from any other show.

For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I'm related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I got to know him too well, but I think life should be that way.

I realized that we were all sort of conspiring, well, not conspiring against each other, but all this cloak and dagger stuff and I was like; what is this?

I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.

I think mystery... allows us time to dream.

Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.