#thrillers

You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know what it is. It's on the box. And even if I don't, if it's a 5,000-piece puzzle of the 'Mona Lisa', it's not like I put the last piece in and go, 'I had no idea it's the 'Mona Lisa'!' ↗

— Harlan Coben

#because #box #buy #call #even

I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good. ↗

— David Baldacci

#bad #bad people #flip #good #good people

You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios. ↗

— Eriq La Salle

#heard #i #psychological #studios #thrillers

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#love-story #thrillers #love

I stood there, 220 pounds of ex-football player, ex-public defender, ex-a-lot-of-things, leaning against the faded walnut rail of the witness stand, home to a million sweaty palms. "To Speak for the Dead" (The Jake Lassiter Series) http://tinyurl.com/69eua2t ↗

— Paul Levine

#legal-thrillers #miami #paul-levine #home

As her vision flickered one last time, the man was gone; it was her mother looking into her eyes. Her mother’s eyes were filled with so much love that it seemed to release her from her pain and fear as it did when she was a small child. Her mother cradled her as a baby, rocking her back and forth. She was safe now in her mother’s arms. She was at peace. Mommy, her heart sang, you’re here to save me. ↗

— Kim Cormack

#science-fiction-fantasy #science-fiction-thrillers #sweet-sleep #love

My favorite types of movies definitely aren't thrillers, but at the same time you can't deny the genius of Hitchcock's films. ↗

— Aaron Yoo

#deny #favorite #films #genius #hitchcock

A smart person is not one that knows the answers, but one who knows where to find them... ↗

— William Petersen

#adventure-stories #fiction #fiction-writing #thrillers #unicorns

I read a lot of thrillers because they're easy reading and I'm not a great flier. They take my head out of it. I like the fast pace and that you can't put them down. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

#down #easy #easy reading #fast #flier

The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure. ↗

— Lee Child

#pleasure #thrillers #vicarious