Harlan Coben Quotes

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

• Job
• Inspiration
• Writer
• Desperation
• Obviously
• Perspiration

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  • Job
  • Inspiration
  • Writer