Thriller Quotes

“Technology is a goddamn bully.”

— Scott Cherney

“I love when you lie,”

— Thaise Wolff

I like a good old thriller.

— Dean-Charles Chapman

“Every woman wants a cowboy.”

— B.J. Daniels

“That sure as fuck ain't no cow”

— Scott Sigler

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE

— Anonymous

“Drive. He’s already dead.”

— Steven Ramirez

I love thrillers.

— James Murray

“It doesn't cost anything to pay attention.”

— Scott Cherney

It's interesting how thrillers reflect the times we live in.

— Peter Hitchens

Thriller' reshaped sound. It reshaped everything.

— Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

“So much of what people believe makes no sense, Wylie.”

— Kimberly McCreight

“Life's nycer when it's Naughtie!”

— Naughtie Scribe

“Turn on Your Inner Light and Illuminate the World”

— Lali A. Love

“‘Eighth one this week,’ he said.”

— Steven Ramirez

People who go to jail breed people who go to jail.

— Andrew Barrett

“You ever play that game seven minutes in heaven, baby? Because we're about to play it.”

— Kathey Gray

“Where are you taking me?” Abby asked from the passenger seat of the pickup.”

— B.J. Daniels

“I despise common sense. I’ve seen the world from every possible angle. This cruel, ridiculous, beautiful world.”

— Lacie Baskerville Pandora Hearts

“You can’t just walk up to a stand of unsuspecting oaks and start touching. They’d think you’re getting fresh with them.”

— Dana Marton

I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.

— Maeve Binchy

“I’ve been thinking that you, me and Kristy should all have a sleepover or something like that. Wouldn‘t that be so cool!…

— Matthew Leeth

“Sometimes the law is about as useful as tits on a bull. Good people end up hurt.”

— Joanna Schaffhausen

“Some things are just like riding a bicycle; you jump on, pedal, and hope you don’t fall.”

— Henry Mosquera

I didn't specifically set out to write a legal thriller, I was just incredibly intrigued by the story in The Beach House…

— James Patterson

“Conchar is an ancient Gaelic term for those who admire the king of all hunters: the wolf. To some, the wolf is…

— Matt Hilton

“A little politeness might smooth the way ahead. Knowing it was his turn to be dispatched, the best he could hope for…

— Victoria Lamb

“I think all artists struggle to represent the geometry of life in their own way, just like writers deal with archetypes. There…

— Henry Mosquera

“She remembered dating. She remembered feeling excited and reveling in the unknown. Dating was like hopscotch for giants. An adult game that…

— Barbara Avon

“You’re forgetting… we never get in trouble in that class. Remember I gave Mr. Hendry that lap dance last year. I’m thinking…

— Matthew Leeth

“Snowmageddon. Dirty glacial clouds hammered the city's anvil. On the District of Columbia’s northwestern edge, gusts of snow rolled across the Park…

— Simon Conway

“Galaxies swirl within your eyes, And I, I find myself mesmerized, By the stardust clinging to your lips, And the mystical thrill…

— Frances Woodard

“The primitive craving for survival is universal in all things capable of dying. Now imagine if you could isolate the basic element…

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

I'm not 100% sure 'Rebecca' qualifies as a thriller, given it's three parts screwed-up love story and two parts ghost-story-without-a-ghost, but the…

— Ruth Ware

“Whenever Elliot Norther’s wife was nervous she baked. With the murder of Harriet Mason, her husband’s close colleague at the Faculty, she…

— Robert Clear

“So we have twenty-four hours to keep out of trouble,’ he says to me. I slide a glance in his direction. Judging…

— Sarah Alderson

I've been a fan since I was a kid of that sort of bump-in-the-night stuff. I don't tend to go in too…

— Dallas Roberts

“The door suddenly opened. A leggy young brunette took two steps into the office and stopped short. Her brown eyes widened, she…

— Clark Zlotchew

Back when the concept of organ transplants qualified as science fiction, novelist Maurice Renard wrote a thriller called 'Les Mains d'Orlac.' Call…

— Kage Baker

“The mother is always at fault. so is the wife, really. Women are supposed to control men, isn't that how it goes?…

— Sarah A. Denzil