Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but high suspense writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama. — Iris Johansen Copy Share Image
“My fangs extended then, automatically, like her voice were a fang charmer, and I followed impulsively, thinking about blood.” — Shelique Lize Copy Share Image
“The secrecy of our existence is the key to our survival. The existence of a frail human will never stand upon that.'… — Rita Dinis Copy Share Image
I read 'Rebecca' when I was a teenager and was swept away by the powerful voice, the gut wrenching suspense and the… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
The Hunger Games has epic spectacle, yearning romance and suspense that won't quit! — Peter Travers Copy Share Image
“From DW: I got it. “Here's the thing,” I said. "I'm not going to be the government's bitch.” — Tamara Rose Blodgett Copy Share Image
“It took me most of my childhood to realize that traditions have infinite power over us. -MUKTA” — Amita Trasi Copy Share Image
“Not writing is never an option. This is not words of advice. It just literally never an option!” — Lillian R. Melendez Copy Share Image
Suspense is one of the most delightful feelings that you can have! It is the feeling you get, when you have sat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The arms, legs, and torso with head were dragged away in sections as the children were captivated by the drama, zealously chewing… — Wyatt Michael Copy Share Image
“Ackx must have owed him big time,” Q said in his drawly Clint Eastwood voice. “A favour like that doesn’t come cheap.”… — Frank Lambert Copy Share Image
All those who love thrillers will find in Michael Alexiades's first novel a source of great pleasure and satisfaction. It combines suspense… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“She wondered if she was the only person trying not to imagine what death-by-bear looked like. Would bears pick the bones white?… — Jake Vander-Ark Copy Share Image
“In the end, it doesn’t matter, but I wanted you to know; I needed you to know because I read your text… — Cate Beauman Copy Share Image
“A small white rabbit with floppy ears and a twitching pink nose bounded out from the thick forest brush. Fingers twitching at… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
“He walked to the bathroom and looked into the mirror, trying to see himself through her eyes. It was time to change… — Augustine Copy Share Image
There is a hush over all Europe, nay, over all the world. Alas! it is the hush of suspense, and in many… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“She dribbled water over his neck and back. The towel didn't quite soak up all of it, and drops raced down his… — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
I think I am beginning to understand why grief feels like suspense. It comes from the frustration of so many impulses that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It [horror genre] never dies. It just keeps getting reinvented and it always will. Horror is a universal language; we're all afraid.… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
“Their lips met in a slow, languid kiss. Salt from her tears mixed with her natural sweetness. She wrapped her arms around… — J. Rose Black Copy Share Image
“From Flood, Flash, and Pheromones--coming soon: As Cassie’s body hurled toward him in the swirl, she realized the brevity of the situation.… — Shelley K. Wall Copy Share Image
I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong… — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
What I like about the Carpenter take on The Thing is the fact that it just has so much suspense. It seemed… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
Learning teaches how to carry things in suspense, without prejudice, till you resolve it. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“Either you're going to shoot us or you're not. The ball always lands on red or black, never both.” — V. Alexander Copy Share Image
“I studied his face, and as I did, I realized that he was studying me, our thoughts tangling in mid-air for a… — Kate White Copy Share Image
I like being scared every now and then, I like the suspense and the thrills. Nothing like taking a girlfriend to a… — Scott Foley Copy Share Image
Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work. — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
“What was that for?” “Fingerprints. I’m not wastin’ time explainin’ to cops why six inches of steel went into a dumbass.” — Randall Kenneth Drake Copy Share Image
“I am not a religious girl, but I would've prayed to the Devil, if I believed he'd have helped me." Siobhan Everdeen” — Willow Downs Copy Share Image
Screenwriter Flacco nicely evokes the aftermath of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake in his fiction debut, a novel of suspense. — William Bernhardt Copy Share Image
“Ruth knew very well what the killer thought he had heard: he'd heard the sound of someone trying not to make a… — John Irving Copy Share Image
That's the magic of filmmaking, to draw the audience into an exotic world and keep them there and keep the suspense. — Michelle Yeoh Copy Share Image
“How could I ever forget my best friend, the man, who had changed my destiny simply by allowing me to write about… — Peggy Kopman-Owens Copy Share Image
“There are people in this world so rich that when it rains they simply fly away on private jets in search of… — Peggy Kopman-Owens Copy Share Image
Vaguely conscious of that great suspense in which we live, we find our escape from its sterile, annihilating reality in many dreams,… — Arthur Symons Copy Share Image
“If you behave as if you are all right, then one day you will be. You have to go through the motions… — Nicci French Copy Share Image
“The northern star changes its position every ten thousand years, but friendships can last for all eternity. — RJPeters” — R.J. Peters Copy Share Image
![“It [horror genre] never dies. It just keeps getting reinvented and it always will. Horror is a universal language; we're all afraid. We're born afraid, we're all afraid of things: death, disfigurement, loss of a loved one. Everything that I'm afraid of, you're afraid of and vice versa. So…” quote by John Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f2c/john-carpenter-11345_afraid_it-horror-genre-never-dies-it-just-keeps_2774594.png)
