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

Other quotes by Harlan Coben

No characters in Stay Close, including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer. – Harlan Coben

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

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The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. – Joseph Campbell

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I do not say think as I think, but think in my way. Fear no shadows, least of all in that great spectre of personal unhappiness which binds half the world to orthodoxy. – Thomas Huxley

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I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. – H. P. Lovecraft

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Fear is the mother of morality. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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