If you’ve been searching for the greatest psychological crime and thriller quotes ever, you’ve come to the right place. The Imagahub review team has curated the best quotes to perfectly articulate the field of crime and thriller writing.
The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end. ~Lee Child
Place the body near the beginning of your book—preferably on the first page, perhaps the first sentence. ~Louise Penny
I’m interested in starting stories at the moment of some crisis to see how the character deals with it. ~Paul Auster
Figure out what exactly is at stake, and how to establish it quickly. That’s your conflict. ~Katia Lief
I’m always pretending that I’m sitting across from somebody. I’m telling a story, and I don’t want them to get up until I’m finished. ~James Patterson
Life is about working out who the bad guy is. ~Sophie Hannah
An initial crisis may produce a question, one that takes the form of a challenge to the reader: Can they solve the puzzle before the answer is revealed? In its simplest form the crisis is a murder and the question is whodunit? ~Unknown
I can’t start writing until I have a closing line. ~Joseph Heller
Often know how the book will end and have imagined a number of major scenes throughout, but not always how I will get there. When I’m about two-thirds done I re-outline the whole book so I know that I’m delivering on all I promised. ~Jeff Abbott
Crime stories are rarely about crime. They’re a study of its aftermath. ~Unknown The only writers who survive the ages are those who understand the need for action in a novel. ~Dean Koontz
People don’t read books to get to the middle. They read to get to the end.~Mickey Spillane
I do extensive outlines before I write a single word. ~Jeffrey Deaver
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