“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
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
“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
Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there. — Sergio Aragones Copy Share Image
“Random lines, Beyond the Darkness: "Playing 'tag, you're it' against a car is a bad idea.” — Jaime Rush Copy Share Image
“I may seem happy, but I’m still hurting. A nasty, adulterous divorce will do that.” — Cricket Rohman Copy Share Image
“Do you really want me to show you how you're pushing me, Tessnia? What you do to me?” — Jalpa Williby Copy Share Image
I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page. — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
“I don't believe in writer's block. Who can function working seven days a week at at job. It's the same with writing.… — Lillian R. Melendez Copy Share Image
“Often I felt like two people. One went into the world and did the living for the other, who was stuck in… — Michael Wyndham Thomas Copy Share Image
“Know this much:regret nothing. Each part of your journey is essential to the whole. The moment you are experiencing is as important… — Jenna Lindsey Copy Share Image
“Blacker than the night, the wedge penetrated the darkness. An F 117 raced by, the roar from its engines screaming through the… — Daniel P. Douglas Copy Share Image
The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of… — Steven Moffat 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
“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
“Grandpa Sereno: "There is nothing as dangerous as fear, fear of people who are different than you. Fear is the REAL danger… — Rabbi Sipporah Joseph Copy Share Image
When you write a scene where somebody is afraid of something you instantly go to decades of genre cinema: horror, suspense, and… — Kleber Mendonca Filho Copy Share Image
“The Legend of the Firefish,first in the Trophy Chase Trilogy by George Bryan Polivka, is a winner…filled with action,adventure, danger, intrigue,surprise,suspense…The characters… — George Bryan Polivka Copy Share Image
“...We were pulling into the next station, when the woman suddenly got to her feet and made a move to squeeze past… — A.J. Waines Copy Share Image
Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know… — Colin Greenland Copy Share Image
“Elsa's mother no longer spoke to her of men and love, but of duty and fate and accepting one’s burden. As far… — Kathy-Diane Leveille Copy Share Image
“The Roar of the engine penetrated through Bertram's Hotel from the street outside. Colonel Luscombe perceived that Ladislaus Malinowski was one of… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that… — Avi Copy Share Image
“Taut, intelligent, and intense suspense that is deeply human.”—Mark Greaney, New York Times Bestselling Author of Gunmetal Gray “Exciting and well-layered…David Bell… — David J. Bell Copy Share Image
“No matter how offensive she's been to me, she continues to act as if she has some sort of God-given right to… — Diane Capri Copy Share Image
“Why did you shoot him?" "You weren't around," I replied, my teeth gritted in pain. "If you'd been here I'd have shot… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“Like two lost souls, we fall in each other's arms, hoping to find ourselves again.” — Jalpa Williby Copy Share Image
“I don't correct her to let her know her backdoor wisdom yanks me deep into another country, where water runs uphill.” — Justin Bog Copy Share Image
“I keep people alive every day, and right now, the person I’m trying to keep alive is you. Will you let me?” — Chrys Fey 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
“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
“My fangs extended then, automatically, like her voice were a fang charmer, and I followed impulsively, thinking about blood.” — Shelique Lize Copy Share Image
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
The Hunger Games has epic spectacle, yearning romance and suspense that won't quit! — Peter Travers 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
“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
“Everybody has scars, and every scar has a story. Especially the ones you don’t see. Those go deeper. And cause more damage.” — Lotchie Burton Copy Share Image
I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a high suspense writer. — Iris Johansen Copy Share Image
Suspense left my life a long time ago, now it has returned. I do not care for it. — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
“I don’t mind my friends calling me “Thornes,” but the fact of people calling me “Prickly Thornes” draws the line.” — Simi Sunny Copy Share Image
