Harlan Coben Quotes

I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm 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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 4, 1962

Topics

WorkFearJobMeSelfPressure

There's a certain thing when you start getting into your late thirties or early forties where you stop caring. Not to the extent where you stop caring about the music, you just stop caring about what anyone thinks of you, and you just kind of let it go - let the chips fall where they may.

Joe Bonamassa

MusicCaringStartYouFallEarly

Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.

John Webster

MenHighValuedMostOftenWretched

I was born in a blizzard, a special out-of-season blizzard, the worst blizzard Oslo ever suffered. Family, home, circumstances, the country I lived in and the weather I was born in all conspired to make a skater of me.

Sonja Henie

FamilyHomeMeWeatherBornCountry

When you see a guy play hard, it's kind of like you want to follow him.

Miguel Cabrera

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I think 'The X-Files' was a very important moment in TV history.

Michael McKean

HistoryMomentThinkImportantTV

I'm a lawyer; I win arguments for a living.

Bob Goff

WinLawyerLiving

Two days before I got the audition for 'Extras,' I was offered a theatre role, and I asked my husband, Terry, whether I should take it or not. He said, 'No, wait and see what else comes in.' Lo and behold, along came 'Extras.' Now that was lucky!

Ashley Jensen

WaitTheatreHusbandSaidNowLucky

Music is an important thing of energy. And there are a lot of wonderful aspects that come with it and vibrations, the physical vibrations, the movement of notes through an instrument and creating a wave that resonates into our spirit.

Ali Shaheed Muhammad

MusicEnergyWaveCreatingImportant

A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

Paul Valery

ManMindKeySoundLockWho

I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.

Twyla Tharp

TimeActionWeekSilentWatchingUp

Tony Blair has made a good contribution to the cause of peace in Ireland. He has made a great effort to understand it. He has great empathy with the need to resolve the conflict.

Martin McGuinness

GoodGreatPeaceEmpathyEffort

If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.

Linus Torvalds

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