I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good. — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
We all think that we are uniquely complex, that no one can see what we are thinking - yet we also believe… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Sometimes even when the book is over I dont know whos good and whos bad. Its really more interesting, I think, to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
No, I don’t live in heartache. I don’t cry myself to sleep or any of that. I am, I tell myself, over… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Part of the human condition is that we all think that we are uniquely complex while everyone else is somewhat simpler to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I love to make even villains people you can relate to. When you find out who did it, I think you almost… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me. — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Its funny how you can let yourself forget for seconds, how even in the heat of the horrible, you can have moments… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Genius is a curse. That's how I look at it. Some think that the brilliant comprehend the universe in a way the… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
William Goldman's Marathon Man was a novel that taught me about suspense. I was maybe 16 years old when I read it… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“He flipped through the music stations as he drove, searching for some nonexistent perfect song that would be, as Stevie Nicks might sing, “hauntingly… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I like to see the difference between good and evil as kind of like the foul line at a baseball game. It's very thin,… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know what it… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“Awareness started to creep in, clawing its way past the pain and numbness. He was lying on cold ground, his right cheek on a… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
