Harlan Coben Quotes
A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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Businesses can't afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs.
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I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
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I'm terrified of therapy because I don't want it to mess with my creativity.
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NoScript is probably the most important privacy tool, but it costs you in convenience.
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I eat whatever I want, junk food included.
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You are just your intelligence.
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Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.
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I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
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I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn't work, you know that you gave everything, and you don't have to look at it and say... I could have gave more - that would break my heart.
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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
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I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.
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I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater.
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There's always been that theory that if a candidate can't run a decent campaign, he probably can't run a decent presidency. That might be true, although sadly I must admit that running a brilliant campaign does not translate into running a brilliant White House.
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There is no substitute for a real location when you're trying to shoot the jungle. You can't just go anywhere. You've got to go where it's lush and green and there really is those mountain ranges, the trees and the ocean.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
