Quotes About Suspense

Nothing is less suspenseful than a threat that threatens the maker of the threat at least as much as the subject of the threat. Congress hasn't learned this yet, but America has learned it over and over.

There's little that compares with the thrill of a hit major motion picture experience.

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case.

The stories I read or get attracted to have a kind of thrill element, or a crime.

Most crime novels offer a curious kind of escape, to places that jag the nerves and worry the mind. Their rides of suspense give a good thrill, but it's rarely a comfortable one.

I like the thrill of not knowing what's happening.

If you want to laugh, see a comedy. If you want to cry, see a drama, and if you want suspense, see a thriller.

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling.

It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.

A great thriller, to me, is more about creating a sense of unease: a queasiness that comes with knowing something is not quite right.

A mystery is a whodunit. You know what happened, but not how or who's behind it. A thriller, or a suspense, is a howdunit. You know what happened, and you usually know who did it, but you keep reading because you want to know how they pulled it off.

The very name of the thriller '89' suggests that there is suspense.

'The Expats' is a thriller, but one that tends more toward general fiction than toward breathless pulp.

As far as writing and directing, I'm very focused on the thriller genre.

For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

In a thriller, the camera's an active narrator, or can be.

The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.

'Avunu' is a thriller, suspense film set within a small family with a good mix of scary and funny moments, but not a horror film.

I grew up on courtroom dramas, and I really love the feel of a dramatic thriller.

To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the most exciting roller coaster ride of a suspense story I can possibly think of.

The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.

I've been thinking of doing a sci-fi thriller or a sci-fi noir, if that's possible.

With 'House of Cards,' you really get the heart and the meat of drama - and it's a thriller!

I'd love to make a thriller.