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.
Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.
It's an elite group. And once you're in the Hall, you're in the Hall. Up until now, I think the voting system has handled things very well. And like I said before, there are no suspicions in the Hall of Fame.
I like books like 'The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher,' where the investigation of a crime becomes a way into an exploration of the society where the crime took place.
I like plays where people talk a lot. Conversation is sustained. Argument is sustained.
Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.
I've eaten part of my tooth. I had a weird cavity that broke apart in my teeth - this is a bad story. I was eating and thought, 'It's like I'm swallowing rocks,' and then I checked and part of my tooth is missing. I ate it.
Sometimes I feel my arm is like a swan's neck - so weak.
Artists like Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga have more sway over popular minds than a politician.
I like sweaters. I have a sweater obsession, I guess.
I like wearing my dad's sweaters because I knew that he wore them when he held me when I was a baby.
I like sweating.
I love the big, like, basketball sweats... and I only wear vintage T-shirts to bed, because I like the super-thin ones.
There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work.
When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people.
I like a girl who doesn't play any games. I like a very sweet girl.
I've been like this forever. I'm sweeter, probably, but me and my homegirls were a little buckwild, ya know? And it only got worse.
I'm not like a gay icon or America's gay sweetheart. I'm just America's sweetheart, and I'm just an icon.
I like fragrances that have some sweetness to them. All three I have developed have that as a common element.
Just because you liked something as a youngster doesn't mean you have to like it as an adult. You can change your taste a little bit on the sweets and things like that.
