Gina Philips Quotes

If you can actually get someone to sit on the edge of their seat and feel nervous if there's a knock at the door, then you've done something pretty terrific as a writer.

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

Suspense is a real tough beast in terms of the filmmaking.

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

Every story needs an element of suspense - or it's lousy.

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

When I read the scripts, I'm always so excited to see what's going to happen because it's unpredictable.

If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.

I'd love to make a thriller.

I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all.

That's the kind of TV I like to watch, where you just don't know what's going to happen.

Thrillers are my favorite. I like stuff that keeps you on the edge of your seat or maybe makes you jump.

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

There are other ways to create tension and drama than to have somebody stabbed through the back with a sword.

I believe thrillers work if the story is good. It is not easy to make a thriller because the audience is making their own story in their minds as they watch the film. You have to break that expectation and still make them like the film.

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

Suspense combines curiosity with fear and pulls them up a rising slope.

The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing.

I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its center. I want to be lured in by prose, captured by character, and bound by stellar plotting to keep turning the pages.

I have always loved reading a little creep-factor and a lot of suspense.

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.

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 personally love a cliffhanger - I think it just extends the pleasure of viewing.

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.