Suspense Quotes

145 quotes by 117 authors

I keep thinking I'll enjoy suspense novels, and sometimes I do. I've read about 20 Dick Francis novels. — Nicholson Baker
The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. — Daniel J. Boorstin
I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days. — Danny Boyle
I've never done a film before where every single person in the audience knows the ending. I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.… — Danny Boyle
'Harry Potter' shouldn't be children's first experience with suspense and plot turns. — Berkeley Breathed
Suspense is worse than disappointment. — Robert Burns
Suspense is worst than disappointment. — Robert Burns
Neanderthal man listened to stories, if one may judge by the shape of his skull. The primitive audience was an audience of shock-heads, gaping around… — E. M. Forster
Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense. — Fawn M. Brodie
Suspense: the only literary tool that has any effect upon tyrants and savages. — E. M. Forster
Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is… — Kurt Vonnegut
Love interest nearly always weakens a mystery because it introduces a type of suspense that is antagonistic to the detective's struggle to solve a problem. — Raymond Chandler
Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know. — Tom Clancy
The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons. — George C. Scott
The suspense is terrible. I hope it'll last. — Gene Wilder
Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens, to… — Colin Greenland
When Reason BreaksÂ is infused with a rare blend of suspense and sensitivity, despair and hope. The poetic spirit of Emily Dickinson shines through the… — Margarita Engle
Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. — Alfred Hitchcock
For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor. — Alfred Hitchcock
Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process. — Alfred Hitchcock

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