Id never had money growing up, and its never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that. – Harlan Coben
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
Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. Its much too strict, but its a hell of a teacher. – Harlan Coben
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