Quotes About Suspense

I'd have liked to have leant against walls in thrillers.

I wanna do mystery, I wanna do sci-fi, I wanna do horror, and I wanna do all of those things.

I wanted to be Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, and Hitchcock. I'd wanted to be a director since 13, and horror and the suspense thriller were the most powerful genres to me.

I am a big fan of horror movies but I had never thought that I had wanted to act in one because I don't think that actors get to do much in them. They're usually just reacting.

What I would like to do is a thriller. I've been wanting to do that for a long time, but one that was not at all dependent on special effects. Just purely psychological, but will scare the hell out of you. That's what I would like to do. I have not found it yet.

When you have 12 hours of storytelling, the cool thing about it is that you get to really leave people with question marks, but hopefully wanting to come back.

It was really in the Golden Age, between the two world wars, when the pure detective story - of which the locked room mystery is really the ultimate form - became popular.

This better be good!"said Kara

Reading this book is like waiting for the first shoe to drop.

Unlike the rest he had seen of the bungalow, the hall beyond the door was dark. He could see the glimmer of three doors and several framed photographs lined up along the walls. The sound of flies was louder, though they didn't seem to be in the hall itself. Now that he was closer they sounded even more like someone groaning feebly, and the rotten smell was stronger too.

The streets were dark with something more than night.

In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.

Cliffhangers are a lot of fun, but I think they can be easily abused if you're not careful.

If I had to pick one scary movie, I'd go with John Carpenter's 'The Thing.' That's probably number one.

One of my biggest peeves is when the writer hasn't given you enough information to figure everything out. You should be able to go back to the beginning of 'Gone Girl,' after you've already read it and you know everything, and say, 'Check - check - yes, she gave us that information.'

Even though I don't necessarily believe in everything that's supernatural, I like being scared and I like things that are suspenseful.

There were no jewelry hidden. Walt wanted this atmosphere: They were supposed to live here, they've been outside somewhere, but they could come back at any minute and catch us.

People want to see something they're not sure they should be seeing.

The really good thing about 'Sleepy Hollow' is you have no idea who's going to die when... But then equally, we showed in the pilot several people can come back to life, so you have no idea who's going to come back. Death means very little in our Sleepy Hollow, so expect more surprise deaths and more surprise resurrections.

We like to keep things as a surprise. It's always better like that.

What I love is that 'Game of Thrones' is always up for surprises.

It may sound surprising, but a joke and a crime novel work in very much the same way. The comedian/writer leads their audience along the garden path. The audience know what's coming, or at least they think they do until they get hit from a direction they were not expecting.

'Better Call Saul' gets surprisingly dark.

I think a little menace is fine to have in a story. For one thing, it's good for the circulation.