F. Paul Wilson Quotes

With thrillers, there's such a fine line between what's good and what's cheesy and corny.

If you're going to write thrillers, you have to make a decision if you are going to be realistic or go off and over.

It's a comedy thriller, brilliantly written and it's full of twists and turns at every page. When I was reading it I was desperate to get to the end to find out what happens, it really hooks you.

It's not often a thriller keeps me wound up as well as 'Headhunters' did. I knew I was being manipulated and didn't care. It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done.

The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure.

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.

Suspense is my thing. I think I am able to make people want to keep turning pages. They want to know what happens.

Six Seconds is a great read. Echoing Ludlum and Forsythe, author Mofina has penned a big, solid international thriller that grabs your gut -- and your heart -- in the opening scenes and never lets go.

Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work.

I love suspense movies, because in a sense they're the most dreamlike of any genre, and I'm sure I'll make another one.

I think the thriller aspect of this film [Fifty Shades Darker] is what excited me most.

Whether labeled as such or not, I think every book I've ever written has been, more or less, a romantic suspense. I have always put tremendous effort into making each book a page turner: The harder it is for the reader to put it down, the better I've done my job.

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.

My #1 job as a thriller author is to give readers the best white-knuckle thrill ride I am capable of. I am first and foremost in the entertainment business. If that suspenseful ride is also terrifying because it hits really close to home, then I am once again doing what I am supposed to do as a thriller author.

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling.

When I first started writing 'Still Missing,' I didn't actually realize I was writing a thriller. I thought it was more women's fiction, but during the many years of rewrites, I kept taking out the boring parts, and then my agent informed me that I had written a thriller.

In TV, you always feel you are standing on the tracks of an oncoming train.

Well, my books - I think one of the hallmarks of my thrillers is that they're based in reality.

For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

For me, suspense is always harder and better than going for the quick, outright scare.

I love a psychological thriller, particularly ones that are written by women. I've just finished 'Gone Girl' by Gillian Flynn, which was so creepy and never failed to surprise me, particularly the end.

One of the wonderful things about 'Power' and why fans often say it makes their heart race is it's set up like a horror film because the audience is, like, four or five steps ahead of the characters.

A thriller needs to hold the interest of the reader from the very beginning. It needs to engage with them, hold them in rapt attention, and prevent them from putting down the book.

'The Expats' is a thriller, but one that tends more toward general fiction than toward breathless pulp.

For thrillers, it's especially difficult to carve out a good trailer.