Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The rules of suspense are that you do know, and you just don't know when. In the Hitchcock rules of suspense, you… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Music has always helped my films. In 'The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion,' you can hear 'Sunrise' by Glenn Miller, an idol… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“The boy registered them but didn’t answer, already turned inward. He was counting backward from a thousand in multiples of four while… — William Kely McClung Copy Share Image
If you can have a great story that people can follow the mystery and get the suspense, and then you have those… — Jason Statham Copy Share Image
“I still wanted to go home, but had to enter the tunnel and pray for the best. Every day, I discovered more… — N.L.B. Horton Copy Share Image
An outline is crucial. It saves so much time. When you write suspense, you have to know where you're going because you… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“.” I watched her sip at the drink some more. She was strong, healthy, but also petite enough that I was certain… — Alistair Cross Copy Share Image
“I was recently living more comfortably surrounded by secrets... Like dozens of luxurious satiny pillows, they were embracing me from all directions… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
“Gray. The overcast skies had the colour of deadened stones, and seemed closer than usually, as though they were phlegmatically observing my… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He reasoned, even as a young man, that traditions may linger as he walked though the oracles of time. In later years… — Andrew Coster Copy Share Image
“When you see me in a scarf you may think “Oh, she went to some trouble there.” But no, when I wear… — Bridget Allison Copy Share Image
“She says it is a school for bluestockings which, according to her, is really only a fashionable way of saying it is… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“He paused just long enough for me to know I was starting to bug him. I bug a lot of people, they… — Kendric Neal Copy Share Image
“The whirlwind in his brain—which had so many times tugged his pituitary in ways that made him TAKE instead of GIVE— subsided… — Jake Vander-Ark Copy Share Image
“Sandy’s was one of those places that made poor, white trash feel like high-class consumers. This was the kind of place you’d… — Alistair Cross Copy Share Image
He in whom the love of truth predominates . . . submits to the inconvenience of suspense and imperfect opinion; but he… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There are no rules. You can write a story, if you wish, with no conflict, no suspense, no beginning, middle or end.… — Fredric Brown Copy Share Image
I've mis-signed many a book Rollins or Clemens. My readers quickly become aware. Booksellers will often promote me under both names, and… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
“What if the killer was here? He or she could be standing behind Laurel at this very moment. Laurel shivered again. She… — Tayler Marie Brooks Copy Share Image
One key to the distinction between mystery and suspense writing involves the relative positions of hero and reader. In the ideal mystery… — Carolyn Wheat Copy Share Image
“I’m going to make an exception for you. If you want to study me – every inch of me – I’m willing… — Rachel Grant Copy Share Image
“In Paris, the dance was everything. The dance of romance was what a man could remember in his old age. Didn’t all… — Peggy Kopman-Owens Copy Share Image
“Tonight, after we're done with the bank, we're going to finish this. Somewhere it's just the two of us. But if I… — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
“Memories of last night manifested slowly from the back of her brain, every new detail hammering her heart like a war drum:… — Jake Vander-Ark Copy Share Image
I've never done a film before where every single person in the audience knows the ending. I mean suspense, twists are almost… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I hunt deer because I love the entire process; the preparation, the excitement, and sustained suspense of trying to match my woods… — Fred Bear Copy Share Image
“Now remember, they say if two people go together to visit the Taj Mahal, that means they will always be together. Are… — Jalpa Williby Copy Share Image
I am comfortable calling myself a writer of suspense, or a writer of thrillers; both terms are sort of interchangeable to me.… — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
In a script, you have to link various episodes together, you have to generate suspense and you have to assemble things -… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
“There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Crap. I was hopin’ all things ugly had been raptured, but you’re still muckin’ up the planet.” “We must share the same… — Courtney Vail Copy Share Image
An astonishing debut. Brilliantly conceived, masterfully written, Stuart Neville’s THE TWELVE is both a heart-pounding thriller and a stunning examination of responsibility… — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
Define the space horizontally rather than vertically in movie widescreen, 2.35:1 just having that rectangular shape and when you think of great… — David Kirschner Copy Share Image
“Rage and despair shook her for minutes or hours. She was unaware of the passage of time. Finally spent, she retreated inward… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“His lips brushed over hers. She let out a sigh of relief and joy and pleasure. He pulled her tighter against him,… — B.J. Daniels Copy Share Image
“He noticed her eyes were a rich, warm brown, the same color as his favorite horse. "Yes?" He realized he'd been staring.… — B.J. Daniels Copy Share Image
