Denise Mina Quotes

People love a good mystery; I understand that.

I think surprises make TV entertaining.

The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. Aspects of surprise and letting things play out for the audience - it's so much a part of their enjoyment. It's one of the great things about working in the movies and being a great storyteller.

I love writing thrillers.

Most crime novels offer a curious kind of escape, to places that jag the nerves and worry the mind. Their rides of suspense give a good thrill, but it's rarely a comfortable one.

I love to go into a movie and have no idea what's going to happen in it.

There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.

Ultimately, a great thriller is a roller coaster ride. I like to think that's a promise I have never failed to keep, and one that I'd say has served my books well.

I love the novel because it's like a love affair. You can just fall into it and keep going, and you never know where it's going to take you.

I love watching scary movies because you always wonder what happens next, and that's what's going to happen on 'The Haunting Hour:' you're always going to want to know what happens next.

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

I believe in rules. I believe in artistic limitations, and I always have. I've always thought that setting out a set of rules before you start, and then being completely consistent with them, is the only way to make a really good film.

People just like a good crime story; they want to know who did it.

I don't like shows that are predictable. I like it when you're shocked and you have no idea who's about to die.

Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.

I'm a big 'Breaking Bad' fan - if I'm not in the script, I like to experience the show with the rest of the world. I'm ready to be shocked.

I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, 'Columbo,' 'Perry Mason,' 'L.A. Law.' Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, or a sense of making a lot of money.

A good writer can set a thriller anywhere and make it convincing: the trick is to evoke the setting in such a way that it highlights the crime or unsettles the reader.

Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.

If you're going to be an entertainer, entertain thoroughly. If you're going to make a scary movie, scare people well.

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

Bond is fantasy.

The closest synonym of happiness is excitement, and you can generate it by doing something that you can't completely comprehend. This understanding makes the process rich and exciting.

People want a little excitement. I tell the truth, but I do it theatrically.

A lot of the fun of 'Gravity Falls' comes from the secrecy surrounding the plot. We want fans to be able to guess and speculate, to be surprised by twists and be engaged when they get things right.