A thriller must be thrilling. A mystery may or may not be a thriller depending on how much breathless emotion it has, as opposed to cerebral calculation.

" ... What if?" Through the alchemy of those two words, something new comes into the world.

When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.

His name was Rambo, and he was just some nothing kid for all anybody knew, standing by the pump of a gas station at the outskirts of Madison, Kentucky.

One generation's idea of fast pace might be different from a later generation's.

A thriller becomes great when it carries a feeling of reality and truth.

There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them.

As long as thriller authors teach us about our world, they'll be relevant.

Your obligation as writers is to distinguish yourself. … The ultimate result should be a book that you write that no one else could have written.

At their best, thrillers not only entertain. Ideally they also reflect the society in which they are set, analyzing our fears and how we perceive the world.

People who know various movie versions don't really know the story.

In the society of thinking humanity, the natural law of trust should be - In I, I trust.

The machines are too dull when weare lion-poems that move & breathe.

The preservation of health is easier than the cure for disease.

A man nearly always loves for other reasons than he thinks. A lover is apt to be as full of secrets from himself as is the object of his love from him.

I'm open to anything. I think everyone should enjoy every moment that they experience.

In the game of basketball, I play first off because I love it. I love to have fun. I love to run up and down the court.

A fitting external security environment could also play an important role in promoting social consensus and institutionalization towards democratization.

It is not altogether wrong to say that there is no such thing as a bad photograph - only less interesting, less relevant, less mysterious ones.

Christ will bear no equal, and Satan no superior; and therefore, hold in with both thou canst not.

Macho does not prove mucho