Top 76 Quotes by Harlan Coben

About Harlan Coben

These are some quotes by American author Harlan Coben Author, who was born on January 4, 1962.

Sometimes even when the book is over I don't know who's good and who's bad. It's really more interesting, I think, to write about gray characters than it is to write about black and white.

Sometimes even when the book is over I don't know who's good and who's bad. It's really more interesting, I think, to write about gray characters than it is to write about black and white.

Harlan Coben

I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company.

I pretty much only wear Lilly Pulitzer ties because my best friend owns the company.

Harlan Coben

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 your blessings and go with it.

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 your blessings and go with it.

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?

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

I'm 48 years old, not a kid anymore by any definition, but here is a universal truth that every adult at some point will realize: We are all always 17 years old, waiting for our lives to begin.

I'm 48 years old, not a kid anymore by any definition, but here is a universal truth that every adult at some point will realize: We are all always 17 years old, waiting for our lives to begin.

Harlan Coben

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

Harlan Coben

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.

Harlan Coben

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 I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head.

Harlan Coben

I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.

I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.

Harlan Coben

Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement.

Harlan Coben

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