#suspense

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

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

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

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

— Ernest Gaines

#characters #creating #i #i believe #i believe in

I'm a guy who likes to watch something cool, creepy and suspenseful and there is no show to watch as an adult that would scare me at for even four seconds. ↗

— Todd McFarlane

#cool #creepy #even #four #guy

Impertinent submissive,” Raoul snapped, and his dark brown eyes turned mean. “Nothing new for this one. You're doing a lousy job of bringing her to heel, Marcus.” “Bring me to heel? Like I'm a dog?” Without thinking, Gabi instinctively yanked away and snapped out, “Bite me. ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#erotic-romance #erotica #romantic-suspense #suspense #romantic

Okay, babe, I'm here.” The front door smashed opened, slamming against the wall—the man didn't know how to turn a knob? ↗

— Christy Reece

#romance #romantic-suspense #romantic