Harlan Coben Quotes
I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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Not raising the debt ceiling is not an automatic trigger for a default.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
