Harlan Coben

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Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything.
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Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.
Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
I don't necessarily love the sports per se, I love the stories behind them. Also in a kind of perverse way I like to study what it does to us, why we care so much. It's caring about something that's utterly meaningless.
I'm not a big sports fan.
You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.
The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. 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. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.
I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that.
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning the pages, to make them stay awake all night. I want to stir the pulse, yes, but also to stir the heart. I hope 'The Woods' does that.
Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.
I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!
I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.

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