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• One of my favorite albums of all time is Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Every song is superbly written, performed, and produced. He is a great loss to the music world. There will never be another one like him.

  Daryl Stuermer

  Song, Loss, Albums

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• A DARK MATTER is a page-turning thriller of every sort: psychological, sociological, epistemological . Plus, it's really scary.

  Lorrie Moore

  Dark, Pages Turning, Scary

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• I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.

  Harlan Coben

  Real, Thinking, Friendly

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• I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I've written about murder, kidnapping, depravity, horror, violence, and disfigurement.

  Harlan Coben

  Heart, Violence, Horror

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• You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know what it is. It's on the box. And even if I don't, if it's a 5,000-piece puzzle of the 'Mona Lisa', it's not like I put the last piece in and go, 'I had no idea it's the 'Mona Lisa'!'

  Harlan Coben

  Ideas, People, Lasts

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• The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.

  Lee Child

  Writing, Answers, Way

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• The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure.

  Lee Child

  Keys, Pleasure, Vicarious

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• I'd been a thriller reader all my life.

  Lee Child

  Reader

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• The Strokes can play anything. They could play 'Thriller,' and it would just sound like 'Thriller' as played by the Strokes.

  Julian Casablancas

  Play, Sound, Strokes

  "Strokes frontman: 'I was hung over for two years'". Interview with Quinn Brown, www.cnn.com. December 3, 2009.

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• I like all of the mental, psychological thriller movies too. I enjoy horror movies across the board.

  Sophia Bush

  Boards, Horror, Psychological

  Interview with Matt Wiggins, www.ign.com. March 26, 2006.

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• I'm somebody who likes codes and ciphers and chases and artwork and architecture, and all the things you find in a Robert Langdon thriller.

  Dan Brown

  Ciphers, Likes, Architecture

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• I like comedies, I like thrillers, I like love stories. Everything is beautiful; it depends if the film is good, who cares? Everything is interesting.

  Monica Bellucci

  Beautiful, Like Love, Interesting

  "Monica Bellucci Interview - SHOOT 'EM UP". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. September 5, 2007.

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• The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman's 'Marathon Man.' That was the first adult thriller that I loved. I read it when I was 15 or so, when my father gave it to me.

  Harlan Coben

  Father, Book, Men

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• The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part is the idea - wink, wink.

  Harlan Coben

  Character, Ideas, Parent

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• The worst situation you can have in a thriller is a lead who looks like he can handle himself.

  Daniel Craig

  Worst Situation, Looks, Handle

  "Daniel Craig: the Man With the 007 Tattoo". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. December 22, 2011.

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

  Lee Child

  Dawn, Storytelling, Invention

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• Most horror films fail to scare me. I think 'The Ring' plays more as a psychological thriller. It's smarter, there's more character development and some of the themes explored go a little deeper.

  Martin Henderson

  Character, Thinking, Play

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Corey Feldman

  Stuff, My Favorite, Seats

  "Corey Feldman on child actors, his favorite roles, and the Goonies sequel". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. December 10, 2012.

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• I'm hooked on Polanski's films, his psychological thrillers. I love 'Rosemary's Baby,' I love 'Repulsion.'

  Vera Farmiga

  Baby, Rosemary, Film

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• Why has Scandinavia been producing such good thrillers? Maybe because their filmmakers can't afford millions for CGI and must rely on cheaper elements like, you know, stories and characters.

  Roger Ebert

  Character, Stories, Elements

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• It's not often a thriller keeps me wound up as well as 'Headhunters' did. I knew I was being manipulated and didn't care. It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done.

  Roger Ebert

  Done, Care, Pleasure

  Roger Ebert (2012). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.234, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Many thrillers follow such reliable formulas that you can look at what's happening and guess how much longer a film has to run.

  Roger Ebert

  Running, Looks, Film

  Roger Ebert (2012). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.240, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• All those who love thrillers will find in Michael Alexiades's first novel a source of great pleasure and satisfaction. It combines suspense and knowledge, experience and imagination. His grateful readers will now wait for the next.

  Elie Wiesel

  Grateful, Imagination, Waiting

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• Thrillers provide the reader with a safe escape into a dangerous world where the stakes are as high as can be imagined with unpredictable outcomes. It's a perfect genre in which to explore hard issues of good and evil, a mirror that allows the reader to see both the good and not so good in themselves.

  Ted Dekker

  Mirrors, Dangerous World, Issues

  Interview with Dick Donahue, www.publishersweekly.com. April 20, 2009.

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• I'd love to do a sci-fi movie, a western, or an espionage thriller. But I'm not going to limit myself. If a good script comes along, I'm not going to discount it because it doesn't fit into one of these genres.

  Park Chan-wook

  Limits, Scripts, Fit

  "Director Park Chan-Wook Says Another English-Language Picture In The Works, ‘Snowpiercer’ Almost Finished & Talks His Dream Genres" by Drew Taylor, www.indiewire.com. February 28, 2013.

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