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
I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled I am. Harlan Coben
My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I know I'm the only author who's ever done that, ever. There's the fax. Too many distractions. I like to go out and write. Harlan Coben
Writing isn't about the process. It is about creating. The joy comes not from the process but from the creation. Harlan Coben
I'm not very happy idle. There's always this voice in my head that says, 'I should be writing.' Harlan Coben
In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it. Harlan Coben
Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to get at it. 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
I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you? Harlan Coben
In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart. Harlan Coben