Any Quote by Jess Walter

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

Every story needs an element of suspense - or it's lousy.

— Sydney Pollack

I think suspense is a big thing.

— Gina Philips

I love suspense movies, because in a sense they're the most dreamlike of any genre, and I'm sure I'll make another one.

— Curtis Hanson

Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable…

— Ira Sachs

I've always read suspense, so raising the stakes to life and death situations in my romance plots seemed natural.

— JoAnn Ross

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 often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm…

— Dan Brown

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

— Marge Piercy

Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there.

— Sergio Aragones

Most crime novels offer a curious kind of escape, to places that jag the nerves and worry the mind. Their rides of suspense give…

— Susie Dent

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