All Harlan Coben Quotes
- I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness. Buying
- This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the… End
- You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know what it is.… Already Know
- I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company. Best
- Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher. Hell
- Let me back up a little and tell you why I prefer writing to real life: You can rewrite. A novel, for example, can be… Altered
- The muse is not an angelic voice that sits on your shoulder and sings sweetly. The muse is the most annoying whine. The muse isn't… Angelic
- Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell. Crush
- I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or… Been
- You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad. Back Without
- And I love the twist. I love to fool you once, I love to fool you twice, and on the very last page, quite often… Bit
- When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count… Ask
- I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me. Frightens
- In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury. All
- There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation. Desperation
- I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If… Big
- Life may not always fall into neat chapters, and you may not always get the satisfying ending you're looking for, but sometimes a good explanation… All
- The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the… American
- A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made. Final
- Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else. Anything Else