Courage Quote by John Gardner

“Real suspense comes with moral dilemma and the courage to make and act upon choices. False suspense comes from the accidental and meaningless occurrence…

— John Gardner

“You keep your followers confused when you begin very well and give up too early... Suspense is useful in movies, but useless when writing…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“as only an insider can, and he brings that expertise to his prose, creating one of the most truthful, accurate, and tension-filled suspense novels…

— Garret Holms

One of the greatest sins in any story is false suspense. The kind of 'suspense' that disintegrates the moment you give your reader one…

— Mark Waid

“You may initially find yourself at a point of re-convincing that there could be a positive twist, and that's okay. Suspense naturally becomes sweeter…

— Chinonye J. Chidolue

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

“The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance; the…

— Charles Dickens

Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.

— Alfred Hitchcock

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

— JoAnn Ross

“His most characteristic detective stories end with the realization that no rational account of events is possible, and his suspense stories tend to close…

— Francis M. Nevins

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

— Sydney Pollack