Suspense Quotes

145 Suspense quotes by 109 unique authors

I've mis-signed many a book Rollins or Clemens. My readers quickly become aware. Booksellers will often promote me under both names, and I do plug… — James Rollins
...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care about, who have… — Olive Ann Burns
To me a great sci-fi movie has elements of horror and suspense. — Moon Bloodgood
I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They… — Sandra Brown
As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on… — Andrew Gross
Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott. — Lisa Gardner
I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears. — Lisa Gardner
All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel, I… — Lisa Gardner
I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing… — Lisa Gardner
I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I… — Lisa Gardner
I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be lawyers or crime… — Lisa Gardner
The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with existential philosophy and… — Jayne Ann Krentz
When the reader and one narrator know something the other narrator does not, the opportunities for suspense and plot development and the shifting of reader… — Sara Zarr
History meets romance meets suspense! Compelling, original and wildly romantic, Beatriz Williamsâ€™ prose is stunning and the plot edge-of-your-seat gripping. OVERSEAS is an absolute triumphâ€”I… — Tilly Bagshawe
In episodic TV you have to keep things secret to keep the viewer in suspense. — David Giuntoli
Life is replete with comedy, drama, horror, suspense, tragedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and a good dose of fiction. While at times the plot may seem… — Derek R. Audette
A TV show where all of the characters are trying to figure out what's going on, and the suspense of that, fits my [voice] really… — M. Night Shyamalan
As far as how important the real-life resonance of the stories is, I think it must play at least a small role in the show's… — Michael Loceff
Music has always helped my films. In 'The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion,' you can hear 'Sunrise' by Glenn Miller, an idol of my childhood,… — Woody Allen
Suspense-is Hostiler than Death-Death- tho soever Broad, Is just Death, and cannot increase- Suspense-does not conclude-. — Emily Dickinson

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109 authors contributed a total of 145 Suspense Quotes, led by these top contributors: