Quotes About Intrigue

The con movie is a little bit different where maybe we tell you what we're going to do but it never goes down the way you expect because there's so much double-crossing and cheats and lies going on along the whole way.

I love a sexy caper show, and I love shows about con artists.

Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.

One crime has to be concealed by another.

I have always been interested in the concept of ruin.

That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in.

It's fun when you're confusing people.

I like confusing people and challenging myself.

Drama seems to kind of surround me.

'Run' is exciting, about family secrets, the mystery surrounding them and the outdoor sport of parkour. The story itself is full of intrigue and action, but the parkour takes the story to another level. It was an absolutely incredible experience, working with experts from all over the country.

I guess I've always been attracted to secret societies and the mystery surrounding them.

You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters insteresting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects.

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

For me, suspense is always harder and better than going for the quick, outright scare.

Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself.

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

A lot of the best suspense operates on a careful withholding of information as opposed to the doling out of information.

A story has to have several layers to sustain audience interest in each episode.

As soon as people really get into the swamp - the scary swamp that is 'Fortitude' - there's no getting out of it. You need about six to seven episodes in to really go, 'This is what it's about.'

People say to me, 'Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange.'

I am fascinated by crime scene investigating. I swear, I wish I was a crime scene investigator sometimes!

I've been so swept up in the 'Loki' story.

It was no easy feat becoming Dominick Dunne. Think about it. He was the most celebrated chronicler of downtrodden socialites. He feasted on their famine with little sympathy or admiration for their formerly exalted positions. Yet somehow they invited him back.