Done Quote by Claire Messud

If you're going to write thrillers, you have to make a decision if you are going to be realistic or go off and over.

— Karin Slaughter

I feel like every time I take on a movie, it's important that the possibility of failure exists, and of the unknown, because it's…

— Marc Forster

I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for…

— Harlan Coben

Thrillers rely on certain archetypes and our familiarity with them is quietly driving all of the tension. So it becomes an interesting challenge from…

— Oneohtrix Point Never

Anybody who sits down to write, and they think 'thriller,' maybe shouldn't be thinking that way. Maybe we should be thinking 'novel,' maybe 'thriller'…

— David Morrell

Just because you don't look a certain way doesn't mean you're unfit.

— Scarlett Moffatt

I am quite a perfectionist. So there's a lot of turmoil that goes on because when I'm acting my main desire and want is…

— Aimee Lou Wood

You can be technically strong, and focus all your efforts on elements like casting, music, cinematography and sets, but they are all just add…

— Vikramaditya Motwane

The danger of writing a so-called thriller is that in your last 100 pages, all of these really interesting characters you've created are just…

— Noah Hawley

When I say that I can write nothing but weird fiction, I am not trying to exalt that medium but am merely confessing my…

— H. P. Lovecraft

I'm a reluctant writer of non-fiction, in part because I don't really feel qualified.

— William Gibson

I've never been trained as an actress, so it's all instinct. I just let myself go into this kind of a free fall. Sometimes…

— January Jones