I believe that on any trip to heaven, there are always detours through hell. — Richard Finney Copy Share Image
“He is so new to this life and his abilities that he still amazes himself.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“Annabelle, I'm going to kill you!" I cried, frowning at the mess. Then I glanced down the stairway and gasped. It looked… — Cleo Coyle Copy Share Image
“Silence hung around the corners, draped like spider webs across all surfaces and hanging like smog in the air.” — Jennifer Perry Copy Share Image
“Lose the pants,” she murmured. His head tilted slightly to the side, his eyes narrowing a fraction. “Are you ordering me around?”… — Savannah Stuart Copy Share Image
“Near the center of the village, on some of those fallen leaves, are trickles of blood. It isn't until the village square… — Carl Novakovich Copy Share Image
“Eric waited all his life for love and, in meeting, Tina thought he had it. What he got wasn't quite what he'd… — E.J. Caulder Copy Share Image
“All your doing is keeping wayward teenage punks off the sreet. You should leave the real investigative work to us big girls… — Diane Moore Copy Share Image
“Have a look around, my pretty, we are surrounded by Death in all forms – just the two of us are still alive –” — Simona Panova 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
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
“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
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
“If he sees you in this apartment he will seriously murder you and then break up with me. And I really, really… — Trevion Burns Copy Share Image
“He thought that it was all over, finished, done with. Andrew had never yet had reason to observe the first tiny bubble… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Believe in Yourself Why must we see something to believe in its existence?The wind itself cannot be seen by man, but all… — Grace Willows Copy Share Image
“What do you want, MacGuffin, a duel?” “No.” Julian held out both hands, one palm flat, the other held over it in… — Abigail Roux Copy Share Image
“Always remember, there’s no such thing as luck, nothing happens by chance, and all is by divine intervention. You’re like a magnet,… — Diana Anderson Copy Share Image
One thing I would like to do, as the director, I would really like to shoot the movie widescreen, 2.35:1, which we… — David Kirschner Copy Share Image
“It never was about the musician or the instrument - it was about the laser notes in a hall of mirrors, the… — G.J. Paterson Copy Share Image
“Virginia screamed, grabbing for the door handle and nearly throwing herself from the moving car. James swerved to the side of the… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
“I'm not naive…I grew up in a white supremacist compound with a daddy who wanted to murder innocent people and blow up… — Toni Anderson Copy Share Image
“After 55 years at the bar and a career as a law professor it may seem strange that I wouild write a… — F.J. Bowman Copy Share Image
The very name of the thriller '89' suggests that there is suspense. — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
