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Graham Greene quote: "Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are."
Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are. Graham Greene
Ken Follet quote: "Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the..."
Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative. Ken Follet
'Polisse' is the sort of cop thriller where people do things like angrily bang on a desktop or sweep everything off it. If it happens once, it must happen six times. But every time it did, I wanted to stand up and cheer, which I've never wanted to do for any such thriller. Wesley Morris
Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize motive and psychology whereas thrillers rely more heavily on action and plot. Jon Meacham
In a short story by Chekhov or a novel by Balzac he found mysteries which, so far as he was aware, did not exist in any spy thriller. 35 Amos Oz
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "But those who read thrillers are an impatient race. They chafe..."
But those who read thrillers are an impatient race. They chafe at scenic rhapsodies and want to get on to the rough stuff. P. G. Wodehouse
I'm equally sure, however, that I won't walk into a lamp-post while reading {literature}, like I did with {a legal thriller} all those years ago; you don't walk into lamp-posts when you're reading literary novels, do you? Nick Hornby
Thomas Harris quote: "The intimacy of the detail - why The Silence of the Lambs is..."
The intimacy of the detail - why The Silence of the Lambs is quite possibly the Thriller Writer's bible. Thomas Harris
She kept to herself. Most afternoons I caught a glimpse of her in the shadows of B deck, in a deck chair. She always had in her possession a copy of The Magic Mountain, but no one ever saw her reading it. Miss Lasqueti consumed mostly crime thrillers, which constantly seemed to disappoint her. I suspect that for her the world was more accidental than any book's plot. Twice I saw her so irritated by a mystery that she half rose from the shadow of her chair and flung the paperback over the... Michael Ondaatje
Anything that doesn't fit this mode has been shoved into an area of lesser solemnity called 'genre fiction,' and it is here that the spy thriller and the crime story and the adventure story and the supernatural tale and the science fiction, however excellently written, must reside, sent to their rooms, as it were, for the misdemeanor of being enjoyable in what is considered a meretricious way. They invent, and we all know they invent, at least up to a point, and they are, therefore, not about... Margaret Atwood
Ok now--I don't read "all the time." Remember, that these ratings are over quite a while. I'll try to put in some comments over what I've been reading lately. I like Vince Flynn's spy/thrillers. Also, check out Umberto Eco's one "On Beauty"--not the precise title, but great art/comments. Also, Sophie's World if you like a pretty unusual story with philosophy mixed in. Umberto Eco
Kate Mosse quote: "I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels."
I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels. Kate Mosse
John McTiernan quote: "In a thriller, the camera's an active narrator, or can be."
In a thriller, the camera's an active narrator, or can be. John McTiernan
John McTiernan quote: "Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers...."
Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me. John McTiernan
I don't like writing straight-up thrillers. I like writing about families hurled into crisis and danger - soccer moms and regular dads and husbands who might have to rescue their daughters or who are, say, hedge fund managers and have one foot on the sidelines watching their kids and the other in nefarious cover-ups and conspiracies. Andrew Gross

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