Belief Quote by Andrew Gross

Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work.

— Marge Piercy

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will happen to…

— Mary McCarthy

The suspense in a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist himself, who is intensely curious too about what will…

— Mary McCarthy

Typically, I have a fairly good grip on the plot of a suspense novel before I set about writing it. I must know beforehand…

— Sandra Brown

I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery…

— Lisa Gardner

I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and…

— Jayne Ann Krentz

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real…

— Nelson DeMille

I think suspense should be like any other color on a writers palette. I suppose Im in the minority but I think its crazy…

— Jess Walter

“If a book is worth reading at all, it is worth reading more than once. Suspense is the lowest of excitants, designed to take…

— William Gerhardie

I think suspense should be like any other color on a writer's palette. I suppose I'm in the minority but I think it's crazy…

— Jess Walter

I try to write about realistic people doing realistic things. Or as close as I can get, given that I'm trying to write a…

— Nick Petrie

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