Prabhu Deva Quotes

I like mysteries.

Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize motive and psychology whereas thrillers rely more heavily on action and plot.

I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested.

The 'Scream' series is unique in that it's an ongoing murder mystery, even though it's a different killer, so if you know who that killer is, then half of the fun of the movie is gone.

...and then a murder mystery will occur.

A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.

People just like a good crime story; they want to know who did it.

Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime.

Crime fiction is a way of satisfying that nosy need to know.

The old detective story that's got a really complicated motive doesn't apply to mine.

Crime fiction makes money. It may be harder for writers to get published, but crime is doing better than most of what we like to call CanLit. It's elementary, plot-driven, character-rich story-telling at its best.

A mystery is a whodunit. You know what happened, but not how or who's behind it. A thriller, or a suspense, is a howdunit. You know what happened, and you usually know who did it, but you keep reading because you want to know how they pulled it off.

In a crime story, the details become tremendously important - where the staircase was in relation to the bed, for example.

I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts.

Because I read so much nonfiction for work, I enjoy fiction most, especially detective novels and mysteries that keep me awake at night.

'Original Sin' is, for me, a murder mystery with a huge cast that plays out on a grand stage.

One of us in this very room is in fact the murderer.

I have a three-piece suit. I’m an art collector. I have a funny accent. So I’m probably the killer.

I would love to do something in the thriller category. Not so much horror, but I would love to do a full-on psychological thriller. That would be really interesting. A period piece would also be fantastic.

I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like.

What would you have if you didn't have a murder in a mystery? You'd have something for the lower-level readers. When you get up into the upper levels, there's nothing that will engage you or compel you or get your emotions churning like a murder. It's the ultimate stakes.

I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.

I would love to do some kind of mystery movie, or an action flick, something with that combination.

I do believe that even if you're the most clever person around and you figure out the 'whodunit' and you're not surprised - that shouldn't prevent you from enjoying the story.