Harlan Coben Quotes

It wasn't love at first sight. It took a full five minutes.

Flirting is funny. And it's awkward and weird.

I think humor is the best thing to impress a girl.

There he is, tall, tanned, Italian, sophisticated. So what do you do?" I said, "Er, leap on him and snog him within an inch of his life? Taking care not to strangle myself on his false beard, or disturb his banana.

I’m not certain you’d know the right sort of man for you if he arrived on our doorstep riding an elephant.” “I would think the elephant would be a fairly good indication that I ought to look elsewhere.

It's nice, this. The canal." He looks at me. "You." "I'll bet you say that to all the canals.

I really love stand-up. I'm more than happy to do it for nothing. I've come to America to do it for nothing. It's the American Dream: Work for free.

I'm not good at telling a joke, but I can say a line in a certain way that makes people uncomfortable because they don't know whether to laugh or not, and I love that comedy.

Whether it's an innate ability or an acquired way of regarding the world around us, being labeled as funny can only be accepted as a compliment.

By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.

We have a curious relationship with 'funny' in the U.K. We love to laugh, but we also think that making people laugh is just a little bit second-tier, especially in a literary context.

It's this simple law, which every writer knows, of taking two opposites and putting them in a room together. I love anything with Cartman and Butters at the same time, it's great.

I love inappropriate humour. What else are you going to do? You have to laugh.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

I'm just not very funny.

I'm sure I've said some pretty bad pick-up lines.

If you try to be funny, you're not being funny.

I do sarcasm really poorly.

Look, every guy is nervous when they talk to girls, but I find that little bit of nervousness to be kind of fun.

I've heard too many times where people say that I'm this ultra-serious guy. In truth, I've got an extremely absurd sense of humor. I thrive on the absurd - I love it.

I love smart comedy.

I'm shameless, and I love a pun. There's a lot of Beth puns.

I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.