“If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you.” IfsMenWritingMightFictionMysteryHorrorThrillersSpeculative Fiction Author:Jennifer Weiner
“I thought why not write a kind of mystery, murder, thriller book, but use romance language where the language plays completely against the very dark subject matter, that very strange murderous plot, but use that Harlequin Romance language.” WritingKindBookMatterPlayUseRomanceLanguageDarkMysterySubjectsStrangeMurderPlotWhy NotSubject MatterThrillersHarlequin Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“In almost every thriller, a point is reached when someone, usually calling from a phone booth, telephones with a vital piece of information, which he cannot divulge by phone. By the time the hero arrives at the place where they had arranged to meet, the caller is dead, or too near death to tell. There is never an explanation for the reluctance of the caller to impart his message in the first place.” FirstsNovelPiecesMysteryInformationHeroCallingMessagesPhonesExplanationTelephonesThrillersImpartReluctanceNear DeathMystery NovelsDivulgePhone Booth Book:Speedboat Source: Speedboat
“I have never written a book that I wouldn't want to read. The trouble is, I love to read horror, sf, fantasy, mysteries, hero pulps - romantic fiction, in the original, traditional meaning of that term, as opposed to mimetic fiction. But most of all, I love thrillers.” WantBookTermFictionFantasyWrittenTroubleMysteryHeroHorrorOriginalsTraditionalThrillersPulpLove To Read Author:F. Paul Wilson
“I define a thriller as a big-stakes, multiple-viewpoint novel involving suspense, action, and mystery, in which the reader doesn't know everything but usually knows more than any single character.” KnowsCharacterBigsActionNovelMysteryReaderSuspenseStakesMultipleInvolvingThrillersViewpoints Author:F. Paul Wilson
“I thought it would be quite a challenge to direct a mystery thriller. I hadn't really done something like that.” DoneWould BeChallengesMysteryDirectThrillers Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“I try to write about complex issues--young people in an adult world-- full of irony and contradiction in a narrative style that relies heavily on suspense with a texture rich in emotion and imagery. I take a great deal of satisfaction in using popular forms-- the adventure, the mystery, the thriller-- so as to hold my reader with the sheer pleasure of a good story. At the same time I try to resolve my books with an ambiguity that compels engagement. In short, I want my readers to feel, to think, sometimes to laugh. But most of all I want them to enjoy a good read.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantFeelsWritingTryingBookSometimesStoriesFormYoungEnjoyPleasureDealsEmotionLaughingIssuesRichMysteryStyleAdventureReaderAdultsComplexesSatisfactionSuspenseNarrativeIronyRelyContradictionResolveEngagementSheerImageryAmbiguityTextureGood StoryThrillersGood Reads Author:Avi
“I think it's very interesting for a director that enjoys thrillers and mysteries like I do to have the challenge to do that.” ThinkingEnjoyChallengesInterestingMysteryDirectorsVery InterestingThrillers Author:Jaume Collet-Serra
“A thriller must be thrilling. A mystery may or may not be a thriller depending on how much breathless emotion it has, as opposed to cerebral calculation.” MayEmotionMysteryThrillingCalculationsThrillersCerebralBreathless Author:David Morrell
“Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize motive and psychology whereas thrillers rely more heavily on action and plot.” ActionPsychologyMysteryRelyMotiveDistinctionPlotSiblingThrillers Author:Jon Meacham
“I have 20 or 30 books completely plotted out in my mind - mysteries, thrillers, horror, romance, science fiction. You name it.” MindBookRomanceNamesFictionMysteryHorrorScience FictionThrillers Author:Christopher Paolini
“It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face.” IfsBelieveLooksPersonsFactsFilmFacesLevelsMysteryMissingStaringLensesThrillersMissing You Author:Kevin Spacey
“She understood now why her friend Elizabeth, with her near-genius, analytical mind gave wide berth to murder mysteries, psychological thrillers, and horror stories, and read only romance novels. Because, by God, when a woman picked up one of those steamy books, she had a firm guarantee that there would be a Happily-Ever-After. That though the world outside those covers could bring such sorrow and disappointment and loneliness, between those covers, the world was a splendid place to be.” WorldMindBookStoriesWould BeRomanceNovelMysteryLonelinessGeniusSorrowHorrorUnderstoodMurderDisappointmentWidePsychologicalFirmGuaranteesSplendidThrillersRomance NovelHappily Ever AfterEver AfterGuarantees ThatHorror StoriesMurder MysteriesPsychological ThrillersWhy Her Author:Karen Marie Moning
“Sierra felt full of hope and confidence in God. She knew who she was. And she knew Whose she was. Whatever mysterious plan God had for her life, it would be an interesting one. As Christy had said earlier, God writes a different story for each person. Sierra decided hers might not be a bestseller or even a thriller. It certainly wasn't a romance. But it was turning into a fine mystery. And she could live with that.” WritingPersonsSaidDifferentStoriesMightWould BeRomanceFeltInterestingPlansMysteryFineDecidedGods WillMysteriousThrillersConfidence In GodSierraChristy Miller Book:With this Ring Source: With this Ring