--- title: "13 Thriller genre Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Thriller genre quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Thriller genre sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/jennifer-egan-825_adventure_i-love-the-thriller-genre-generally-i-li_538613.jpg" --- > [I love the thriller genre generally. I like murder mysteries and those kinds of adventure stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-love-the-thriller-genre-generally-i-like-murder-mysteries-and-those/) [Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/jennifer-egan-825_adventure_i-love-the-thriller-genre-generally-i-li_538613.jpg) > [As far as writing and directing, I'm very focused on the thriller genre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-peele/as-far-as-writing-and-directing-i-m-very-focused-on-the-thriller-genre/) [Jordan Peele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-peele/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/jordan-peele-7502_directing_as-far-as-writing-and-directing-i-m-very_513687.jpg) > [This is not an international thriller so much as a fiercely literate attempt to subvert the thriller genre itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/this-is-not-an-international-thriller-so-much-as-a-fiercely-literate/) [Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/christopher-rice-14830_genre_this-is-not-an-international-thriller-so_1593267.png) > [I think it was the sense that Turn is a spy thriller, and that's a genre that really fascinates me, in general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-bell/i-think-it-was-the-sense-that-turn-is-a-spy-thriller-and-that-s-a/) [Jamie Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/jamie-bell-5367_genre_i-think-it-was-the-sense-that-turn-is-a_2850468.jpg) > [The thriller genre in general, it's total foreign ground for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-aselton/the-thriller-genre-in-general-it-s-total-foreign-ground-for-me/) [Katie Aselton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-aselton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/katie-aselton-9957_foreign_the-thriller-genre-in-general-it-s-total_2669771.png) > [I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valorie-curry/i-love-the-horror-genre-and-the-thriller-genre-so-i-ve-got-no-problem/) [Valorie Curry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valorie-curry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/valorie-curry-42608_genre_i-love-the-horror-genre-and-the-thriller_1908958.jpg) > [I made the decision that I didn't want to spend my life in rooms and write about rooms, or else make books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-osborne/i-made-the-decision-that-i-didn-t-want-to-spend-my-life-in-rooms-and/) [Lawrence Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-osborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d9/lawrence-osborne-11920_books_i-made-the-decision-that-i-didn-t-want-t_43869.jpg) > [Right from childhood, I have enjoyed films which belong to the thriller genre. As a kid, I would read novels written by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sriram-raghavan/right-from-childhood-i-have-enjoyed-films-which-belong-to-the/) [Sriram Raghavan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sriram-raghavan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/sriram-raghavan-12665_belong_right-from-childhood-i-have-enjoyed-film_2912309.jpg) > [I would love a little bit of a change. I feel so fortunate to have been able to work so much, particularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-panabaker/i-would-love-a-little-bit-of-a-change-i-feel-so-fortunate-to-have/) [Danielle Panabaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-panabaker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/danielle-panabaker-16103_able_i-would-love-a-little-bit-of-a-change-i_915991.png) > [With the police thriller genre, people come to it with an expectation. It allows you to get away with a bit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mercurio/with-the-police-thriller-genre-people-come-to-it-with-an-expectation/) [Jed Mercurio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mercurio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/jed-mercurio-6761_come_with-the-police-thriller-genre-people-co_2794580.jpg) > [With 'The Humans,' I've found that because it's related to very familiar forms - the family play and the thriller, almost a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/with-the-humans-i-ve-found-that-because-it-s-related-to-very-familiar/) [Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/stephen-karam-10010_blood_with-the-humans-i-ve-found-that-because_2129062.jpg) > [Yes, to me that's one of the most compelling fears in film noir and the psychological thriller genre - that fear of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nolan/yes-to-me-that-s-one-of-the-most-compelling-fears-in-film-noir-and/) [Christopher Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nolan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/christopher-nolan-2670_compelling_yes-to-me-that-s-one-of-the-most-compell_2781546.jpg) > [“Thrillers, like all genre fiction, remain for the most part “beneath.” There is a feeling in literature, more than any other art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-lavender/thrillers-like-all-genre-fiction-remain-for-the-most-part-beneath/) [Will Lavender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-lavender/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/will-lavender-84336_art_thrillers-like-all-genre-fiction-remain_665187.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thriller-genre/#itemlist", "name": "Thriller genre Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love the thriller genre generally. 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It allows you to get away with a bit of violence, edginess, darkness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jed Mercurio" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mercurio/with-the-police-thriller-genre-people-come-to-it-with-an-expectation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/jed-mercurio-6761_come_with-the-police-thriller-genre-people-co_2794580.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/jed-mercurio-6761_come_with-the-police-thriller-genre-people-co_2794580.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/jed-mercurio-6761_come_with-the-police-thriller-genre-people-co_2794580.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With the police thriller genre, people come to it with an expectation. 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There is an entire cache of what critics call “beach reads,” books that are disposable, forgettable, anti-literary. And this is where I have changed the most as a reader and also as a writer. As I began to dig in to a lot of thrillers, I came to believe that entertainment and reading for pleasure can be transcendent; that while art might be a hammer it is also a mirror, changeable and subjective. And there is a point where the boundary of the thriller genre rubs hard against a much more vast literary tradition. 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