#i

When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#camp #could #counsellor #eight #far

I love stories. 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

#big #bore #club #fire #going

We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress. ↗

— Li Ka Shing

#approaching #broader #cannot #capabilities #constructive

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. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#except #growing #growing up #had #i

I'm not very happy idle. There's always this voice in my head that says, 'I should be writing.' ↗

— Harlan Coben

#happy #head #i #idle #says

If I don't write, I hate myself. Simple as that. My life is out of balance. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#hate #i #life #my life #myself

Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing is writing. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#coming #creating #ideas #only #outlining

The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#anyone #care #exist #i #i write

I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ↗

— David Kay

#best #excel #i #iraqis #knew

The Coast Guard has long been known as the armed service that gets more done for less. ↗

— Howard Coble

#been #coast #coast guard #done #gets