Little things in my past that I really thought were over and done with were still elements of the puzzle that weren’t pieced together, and so she helped me do that. – Marie Osmond
Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I’ve played the game for 40 years and I still haven’t the slightest idea how to play. – Gary Player
No, absolutely not, writing doesn’t have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking. – Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I’ve never been a big cinephile, which may be why I could treat ‘The Clock’ like a puzzle and force the pieces to fit together in odd ways. – Christian Marclay
I’ve been working on ‘The New York Times’ crossword puzzle on the subway. I can make it until about Wednesday. – Eddie Kaye Thomas
Throughout history there have been many other examples, similar to that of Haeckel, Huxley and the cell, where a key piece of a particular scientific puzzle was beyond the understanding of the age. – Michael Behe
I started with things that I was troubled by or confused by or interested in, and then I wrote stories to try to puzzle my way through it. But the question is not how to represent war, because it’s an abstract thing that’s felt differently for all the characters. – Phil Klay
The wardrobe is always the last piece of the puzzle. When you step into the clothing, that’s the final step to figuring out that character. – Mia Wasikowska
A good puzzle, it’s a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It’s very clear, and the problem depends just on you. – Erno Rubik
When you are acting, you are just one piece of the puzzle. You don’t see how everything fits together. It feels like you have less authorship over the entire product. In directing, you take the entire picture into account, so you’re challenged in a different way. – Misha Collins
Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle – so you’re a tool. – Elizabeth Olsen
I think of each movie as a puzzle. The fun is in solving the puzzle: finding a musical identity for the picture, however that can be summed up. – Marco Beltrami
I am a woman of many talents and they’re all just pieces of the puzzle that make me and make my career. – Michelle Phillips
Written by the ancient Chinese philosopher of the same name, the ‘Zhuangzi’ is one long perplexing puzzle of a rambling collection of enigmatic short stories. It’s a strange feeling to laugh at a joke written by someone in the 4th century B.C. – Patrick Stump
Being a playwright is like the equivalent of doing a jigsaw puzzle that has 1,500 pieces, and it’s a jigsaw of a blue sky. Not a cloud in sight. – Lewis Black
In the same way he’s fascinated by crosswords, the puzzle of solving the murder is what drives him on. – John Thaw
When I can see things through the lens of the director, it’s like being able to see the whole puzzle – it’s not just about my role, but the whole script. – Justin Baldoni
I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle. – Kate Winslet
I’d paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I’d go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice. – Jenny Holzer
Paris is an unsolved puzzle. She inspires me in a way that other places don’t. And she demands more of me. Just try to write about her without bumping into cliche after cliche. – M. J. Rose
We do spend time talking about it and we puzzle through it together. We ride the roller coasters together – the high highs and the low lows. – Kyra Sedgwick
As a kid, I was into music, played guitar in a band. Then I started acting in plays in junior high school and just got lost in the puzzle of acting, the magic of it. I think it was an escape for me. – Michael J. Fox
For American families, Universal pre-K is an essential piece of the puzzle that not only allows their kids to get a good start, but it also allows mothers to remain on the job earning a paycheck and helping our economy grow. – Kirsten Gillibrand
People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while. – Marilyn vos Savant
