Christopher Lee Quotes

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

Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.

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.

So much of 'Jaws' was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.

I think suspense is a big thing.

I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.

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

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

Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there.

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.

I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

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

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

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.

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.

People want to be entertained when they watch dramas. 'Mistresses' has a mixture of escapism and reality.

That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.

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.

That's the thing with 'Lost': you can put a spin on so many things.

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.

Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that.

When I was a kid, I read books that made me laugh but also made me shiver in terror. I wanted to make books that made other people feel the same way.

I feel that in horror movies, especially, if you don't care about the characters, you've lost the audience. No one cares, and it becomes a process of watching people get killed.

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