Quotes About Intrigue

You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.

'Special 26' was a raw, real film.

It's always nice to remember that there was a time when I loved something that I didn't know much about; it just reached my ears and moved me.

The novels that have fascinated me most are the ones that have reached me less through the channels of the intellect or reason than bewitched me.

If you are seeing something for the first time, one of your first reactions should be fascination.

I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.

Will the reader turn the page?

Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.

If you don't have people that the reader cares about and stories that are gripping, you've got nothing.

I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.'

There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.

The first paragraph of my book must get me my reader. The last paragraph of a chapter must compel my reader to turn the page. The last paragraph of my book must ensure that my reader looks out for my next book.

I believe the most important thing you can do in any kind of novel is to make your reader want to go on with it and want to know what happens next.

I like to write about things that fascinate me because I believe that they will also fascinate my readers as well.

I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.

I write in expectation that readers want to participate in a kind of two-sided game: They are trying to guess what I am up to - what the story's up to - and I'm giving them clues and matter to keep them interested without giving everything away at the start. Even the rules, if any, of the game are for the reader to discover.

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

In terms of the secrets that imbue and underlie 'Fall on Your Knees', they were as much of a mystery to me as I was creating the story as they are to the readers.

People are much more interesting than people realise.

There's a powerful appeal in the 'I didn't know that' effect. I love it when people say, 'Gosh, I didn't know that.'

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

People want to hear the gossip. They don't want to hear about the shots.

I've always had a fondness for the Gothic. That's what kind of stories attract me: Why do people do bad things?

I love all that kind of gothic Bram Stoker kind of thing. I love to get lost in that kind of escapism.