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Quote by Harlan Coben
I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously pe

I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. Im not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted. – Harlan Coben

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Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell. – Harlan Coben

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If Im not writing well, Im not happy. If Im not spending enough time with my family, Im not happy. If Im not connecting to friends or if I dont work out enough… You get the point. Everything has to be balanced. Nothing should be an extreme. – Harlan Coben

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You cant have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front – or a happy without a sad. – Harlan Coben

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Mine are the deep-seated fears established when we are children, and they never quite go away: the fear of being helpless, the fear of being trapped, the fear of being out of control. – Virginia C. Andrews

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Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully – love, lust, longing joy, rage, fear triumph, yearning and confusion. – Tony Snow

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Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want. – Jeffrey Sachs

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The abandoned infants cry is rage, not fear. – Robert Anton Wilson

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What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness. – Bernard Cornwell

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