A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made. — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I still try to make the "next" book my "best" book. I want to grip and move you in unexpected ways. — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
You want this so badly—this second chance, this chance at real redemption—that you can’t see the truth. — 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
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
I never bought the excuse of not having time to write. If you really want to do it, you're either going to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Children learn much more from how you act than from what you tell them. There are times this worries me - we… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I'm also inspired by anything that I consider great. It makes me want to raise my game too - Hitchcock movies, Hopper… — 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
What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's… — 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
I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves… — 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
“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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“The words kept landing like punches, dazing Adam, sapping his resistance, leaving him shaken and confused and ready to take a standing eight count.… — Harlan Coben Copy Share
“Making friends?” Tripp asked. “I’m a people person,” Adam said. “You know he’s the VP of the board, right?” “I must remember to genuflect… — Harlan Coben Copy Share
