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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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I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab peoples attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night. I want to stir the pulse, yes, but also to stir the heart. I hope The Woods does that. – Harlan Coben

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

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War
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Caught is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present – who should be and who shouldnt be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it wont work. – Harlan Coben

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Youre not human if you dont feel fear. But Ive learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. Its there to give me that edge for what I have to do. – Bear Grylls

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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. – C. S. Lewis

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Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish. – Ovid

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My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and thats why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one. – Shane Warne

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People ask do you make a conscious effort not to swear? – if youre doing silly stuff youre not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway. – Tim Vine

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Puritanism: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. – H.L. Mencken

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If you can laugh together, you can work together. – Robert Orben

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In every man’s heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. – Christopher Morley

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