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

Suspense arises naturally from good writing - it's not a spice to be added separately.

I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.

I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.

I think suspense should be like any other color on a writer's palette. I suppose I'm in the minority but I think it's crazy for 'literary fiction' to divorce itself from stories that are suspenseful, and assign anything with cops or spies or criminals to some genre ghetto.

I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.

I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.

I really like suspenseful movies and movies that make you think.

The way I express ideas is through the plot, Suspense is an important part of expressing an idea.