“Trust me,’ he says with a touch of impatience. ‘Stop asking me to do that,’ I say, equally as impatiently.” — Sarah Alderson Copy Share Image
One would argue what they do to me on 'Jokers' is already horror. It's an easy transition to write a thriller. — James Murray Copy Share Image
“Does it matter, when you read, if the person who wrote still lives?” — Michael Gruber Copy Share Image
“Life is a sewer and we are all but swimmers within it. Smart people do the backstroke. (In other words you gotta… — Stephen B. Pearl Copy Share Image
“Enough with the sadness! This dream is not for cry-babies...” he said, his face beaming with a wide smile.” — Cameo Renae Copy Share Image
“He shushed her, laughing. “I’d like to be that spider, if that woman was you.” — Brynn Kelly Copy Share Image
“Her biggest fear was that Flynn would walk away before she could even start to worry about him not coming home.” — Brynn Kelly Copy Share Image
“She didn’t dislike it yet. After everything that had happened, that felt like progress.” — D.L. Maddox Copy Share Image
“No woman will ever take care of my children but me, she said. I will not allow it, do you understand? And… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“She smiled as though someone had just offered her, the oldest virgin in town, a fully functioning Kingsize Vibro vibrator and a… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share Image
I define a thriller as a big-stakes, multiple-viewpoint novel involving suspense, action, and mystery, in which the reader doesn't know everything but… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
“He opened the side pocket of his bag and took out a photograph , stared it for long. It had been so… — Vidushi Gupta Copy Share Image
Among the best of Hitchcock's own psychological thrillers is 'Spellbound,' whose story unusually wrapped the subject of psychoanalysis around a murder mystery. — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
“I feel sorry for you, Detective Esteban. Because I'm all out of patience, and you're all out of time. I'm sure we'll… — H.L. Sudler Copy Share Image
'In Cold Blood' is not a thriller at all, really. It is, however, the first work of its kind: a true crime… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
“Empty words are like droplets of rain pattering upon the ground. It is difficult to find a single feature that distinguishes one… — Richard Cezar Copy Share Image
“Do you know how many men are incarcerated in solitary confinement? About 100,000 on any given day, if my numbers are correct.… — H.L. Sudler Copy Share Image
“She tugged the sleeves down over her hands, stretching the fabric until the seams reached her fingernails. Then she locked her fingers… — Trevion Burns Copy Share Image
“The plant and animal kingdoms (excluding humans) offered some pleasant surprises. Organisms from these realms are much simpler to figure out. Their… — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko Copy Share Image
“For a moment she believed he had left, but as she shifted away from the wall she sensed him there beside the… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Do you still distrust me?” “No. Take your necklace with you so you can think of me when I’m not there.” Brown brought… — Max Nowaz Copy Share Image
“My only allegiance is to my country. The success of our country is built on hard work, sacrifice, innovation, integrity, and confidence. … — Marvin H. McIntyre 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
“There was noise in the corridor outside Alice’s office; and though it was nothing of concern, they separated. Roger stood, fingers tucked… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share Image
It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
People love a good thriller that makes them sit on their edge of their seats. — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
“The last vestiges of consciousness tell her she has just witnessed her own murder, all she ever was and hoped to be… — Terry Hayes Copy Share Image
As long as thriller authors teach us about our world, they'll be relevant. — David Morrell Copy Share Image
This is not an international thriller so much as a fiercely literate attempt to subvert the thriller genre itself. — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
“Limp finally spoke. “Do you think you could kill a person and not get all crazy about it?” — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“For several moments, Mary couldn't hear anything over the violent pounding of her pulse.” — Y.S. Lee Copy Share Image
“You don’t look like much, but they say you murdered that other chick.” Treating Murder” — Gabrielle Black Copy Share Image
“When Carri died, I felt like I had lost everything, except my life, and my memories of her. Now I can’t even… — Richard Finney Copy Share Image
“Smiling, he handed Landry the bloody aluminum bat Warnick had used. ‘Time to die, old man,’ he said.” — Steven Ramirez Copy Share Image
My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done. — Harry Mathews Copy Share Image
“The ocean turned feral. No longer a cradle, it grew claws and fangs.” — Deni Ar Dente Copy Share Image
“Mark had a better chance interpreting body language at Madame Tussauds.” — Kim Aleksander Copy Share Image
“. . .but he'd seen elite warriors go down in flames enough times to struggle with the sovereignty of God yet yield to it” — Ronie Kendig Copy Share Image
The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end. — Lee Child Copy Share Image
“The world is full of magic. You’ve just got to learn how to access it.” — Max Nowaz Copy Share Image
