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" Action fiction is driven more by what than by who. Put that ticking nuclear suitcase under Manhattan, and it's relatively easy to create suspense. Literary fiction is driven more by who than by what. "
Barry Eisler
" A lot of the best suspense operates on a careful withholding of information as opposed to the doling out of information. "
Karyn Kusama
" Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott. "
Lisa Gardner
" Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense. "
Mignon McLaughlin
" Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels. "
Hallie Ephron
" Every story needs an element of suspense - or it's lousy. "
Sydney Pollack
" For me, suspense is always harder and better than going for the quick, outright scare. "
Gillian Flynn
" Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense. "
Tippi Hedren
" I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer. "
Iris Johansen
" Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself. "
Jeffery Deaver
" I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre. "
Thomas Perry
" If the characters are acting true to themselves, then that chemistry and suspense will flow. "
Julie Kenner
" I have always loved reading a little creep-factor and a lot of suspense. "
Lisa Jackson
" I keep thinking I'll enjoy suspense novels, and sometimes I do. I've read about 20 Dick Francis novels. "
Nicholson Baker
" I like a good suspense thriller when it's smart and well done like 'Armed Response' is. "
Seth Rollins
" I like being scared every now and then, I like the suspense and the thrills. Nothing like taking a girlfriend to a movie and holding her hand while she jumps. "
Scott Foley
" I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here and a bit of suspense here, that's what's fun. "
Michael Shannon
" I love 'The Guardian' series. Bianca St. Ives is one of my favorite heroines ever, and the combination of action, suspense, and romance makes her story pure fun to write. "
Karen Robards
" I'm a big horror fan, but I don't enjoy a lot of gore and watching somebody cut their leg off for five hours. I like the older movies where it draws you into the suspense, that sort of shock and awe. "
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
" I'm a bit more of a suspense reader on the adult side, but my favorites were the ones I grew up reading. "
Jennifer Armentrout
" I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days. "
Danny Boyle
" I'm interested in the human more than I'm interested in building suspense. "
Niels Arden Oplev
" In episodic TV you have to keep things secret to keep the viewer in suspense. "
David Giuntoli
" In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict. "
Jeffery Deaver
" I prefer thrillers but when it's thriller/horror, I like it. The gore is not very important to me, I prefer suspense. But I like dark films. "
Cecile de France
" I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and torture. "
Jayne Ann Krentz
" I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too. "
Lisa Gardner
" I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets to the endgame too quickly. So I will be working on those things. "
Val McDermid
" I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development. "
Sandra Brown
" I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears. "
Lisa Gardner
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