Quotes About Gripping

I gravitate toward edgy, intense, dark films that just grab you by the throat.

You might want to hold tight to the arms of the chair." That was the last warning he offered before he bent his head…

Beloved, whatever we are gripping to bring us satisfaction is a lie—unless it is Christ. He is the Truth that sets us free. If you are holding anything in your craving for satisfaction right now, would you be willing to acknowledge it as a lie? Even if you feel you can't let go of it right this moment, would you lift it before Him—perhaps literally lifting your fisted hand as a symbol—and confess it as an idol? God does not condemn you. He calls you.

Be sure to see that the first few pages have the reader on the edge of his seat, unable to put the book down. Most editors only have time to read a few pages before making a decision; make those pages memorable!

I find her stories quite diverting," Iris admitted. It was true. They were not terribly well written, but there was something about them that was impossible to put down.

Suspense is strong glue between the reader and the writing.

A thriller becomes great when it carries a feeling of reality and truth.

A few other couples joined us on the dance floor and we lost ourselves among them. I'd never been able to figure out exactly what was involved in slow dancing, so I contented myself, as I had since high school, with gripping my partner to me, letting out awkward breaths against her ear, and tipping from foot to foot like someone waiting for a bus. I could feel the sweat cooling on her forearms and smell a trace of apples in her hair.

I love reading books that you can't put down, and they just take you over for a night or a weekend.

I'm delighted to be joining the cast of 'The Fall' for what is going to be an exciting and gripping second series.

Tiy, the seeress, sat nearby, upright in a chair, her fingers gripping its arms. Nimezzar had never seen her relax; she always seemed to be straining forward against life.

Her hips were wide and they fit over the barstool like a hand gripping a tennis ball.

I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.

Suspense is my thing. I think I am able to make people want to keep turning pages. They want to know what happens. So I can do that.

Suspense is my thing. I think I am able to make people want to keep turning pages. They want to know what happens.

The most important thing is that you don't bore the audience.

I'm talking about narratives of tragedy and pathos so painful, so compelling, that they seem to catch inside you on a tiny hook you didn't even know you'd hung.

Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down.

It was like a tornado, you want to hold on to everything you have, you don't want to let anything go.

Crafting a piece of gripping, narrative true crime that engages the world is not that different from crafting a piece of crime fiction.

You know that feeling," she said, "when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing tight around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage and you cannot let go or turn the course aside.

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I would offer congratulations were it not for this tentacle gripping my leg.

It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader.