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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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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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I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. Its usually pandemonium around here! – Harlan Coben

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To fight fear, act. To increase fear – wait, put off postpone. – David Joseph Schwartz

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Fame does lead to money, which I dont have a close relationship with. Im the kind of guy who never sees the money – it all goes somewhere else. I dont understand it, I dont like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it. – David Duchovny

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Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt. – Vita Sackville-West

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