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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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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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Losing my parents was the most crushing thing that ever happened to me. I lost my dad when I was 26, and it changed my life entirely. – Harlan Coben

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Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed. – Harlan Coben

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There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary. – Emmanuel Teney

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Theres always an element of fear that you need to work a lot until people get sick and tired of you or finally figure out that youre a fraud after all! – Ben Stiller

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Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything. – Harlan Coben

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The Feminist Me says that a womans right to her own body should be inviolate at all times, free from fear of peeping paps. – Julie Burchill

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I regret less the road not taken than my all-fired hurry along the road I took. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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History is the propaganda of the victors. – Ernst Toller

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Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects everything yet for some reason the world of academics thinks its a subject below their social standing. – Robert Kiyosaki

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Skipping is the walk of joy. – Jessi Lane Adams

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