#suspense

I certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the parachute would open to bring the rocket safely back. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#back #blast #bring #building #certainly

It doesn’t matter. I love you. That’s it. That’s all. I hope to hell it’s enough. ↗

— Maya Banks

#romantic-suspense #love

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#find #go #helpless #novelist #out

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. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#coaster #describe #exciting #give #i

For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words. ↗

— Ken Follett

#anxiety #author #care #destiny #make

I think so, Silence of the Lambs was a great, suspenseful thriller and I would expect Red Dragon to be similar. And I think it's very character driven. ↗

— Emily Watson

#dragon #driven #expect #great #i

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#i #last #suspense #terrible #will

Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#cowards #endure #even #hardship #only

Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense. ↗

— Tippi Hedren

#brilliant #charm #field #funny #had

It seemed to me that Mr. Forrester would approve of a woman who could follow him in conversation and not be baffled by ledgers and currency conversions. I had grossly overestimated him. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#family-saga #gothic-romance #historical-fiction #strong-heroine #suspense