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

Good writing is like a windowpane.

All good writing comes out of aloneness.

Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

Bad writing is more than a matter of shit syntax and faulty observation; bad writing usually arises from a stubborn refusal to tell stories about what people actually do― to face the fact, let us say, that murderers sometimes help old ladies cross the street.