Quotes About Suspense

The great thing for me is how Hitchcock uses guilt so well. He implicates the spectator in the character's field, and you really feel it, and there's incredible relief when it comes out right - if it does come out right.

Reality TV is utterly exciting.

I used to be one of those people who read thrillers on vacation, but for some reason most thrillers no longer thrill me. Maybe because these days reality is far more unbelievable than any fiction?

A good horror movie should have peaks and valleys, a good horror movie should move you emotionally; a good horror movie should be exciting to watch and energizing in a weird kind of way.

Who's that?" I hissed. "Harris Tweed," replied Havisham. "Dangerous and arrogant but quite brilliant—for a man." "Who

a sad pulse beat in the darkness. The phone had rung just as the sky began

gone wrong. The folks who arranged to kill Quinn and steal the computer didn't get whatever it was they expected to find so they're back in Oriana. And Raine Tallentyre is the only lead we've got. Whatever you do

There is a sound to waiting. It sounds like held breath pounding its fists against the walls of the lung, damp and muffled beats.

Dark woke out of his sleeping nightmare and into his waking nightmare. He had dreamed of a door closing and closing.

She heard a scrape, and then a rustling sound.

Have you noticed ... there is never any third act in a nightmare? They bring you to a climax of terror and then leave you there. They are the work of poor dramatists.

The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective.

I'm really starting to like all this spy work," Vee said. "When my normal life gets boring, all I have to do is sidle up next to you.

I think, in a lot of ways, if you really strip down some of the most compelling novels, in a lot of ways, they're detective stories.

I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic.

If you look closely at 'Breaking Bad' and any given episode of 'The X Files,' you will realise the structure is exactly the same.

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.

Sometimes '24' can seem a little grand. Sometimes these things can seem a little outlandish.

All things in Life are of equal importance. Only their suspense dates differentiate one from another.

You'll never think of the old Cain and Abel battle the same way. Day's gripping, compelling, and kick-ass Eve of Darkness will have you eagerly awaiting the next book in the series.

CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH. Mmmmm, mmmmm. Crunch crunch crunch. There was someone in my room, someone crouching at the bottom of the bed eating something. Enjoying it too, by the sound of it. Mmmmmm, mmmmm. Crunch, crunch.

Captain,' he said. Largo looked up. 'Johnson had trouble with that lost fifty minutes at the airplane. Do you?' 'I don't think so,' Largo said. His expression was totally neutral. 'I know something Johnson doesn't.' He held up the folder. 'I know how slow you work.

Nobody crossed the Directions, not even the police. Because the Directions worked for The Smoke. Reuben headed south, moving from alley to alley, keeping close to the buildings and ducking beneath windows.

Reynie knew they would be almost impossible to see down here, yet he suddenly felt so sure of being spotted he could almost hear the Ten Men's voices echoing down to the landing, "Oh, chickies! Here chickies!" But the men didn't even glance in their direction, and an instant later had passed out of view.