Sue Grafton Quotes

Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.

Sue Grafton

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• I ended up going to college for visual arts but moved up to New York after I graduated from college in 2006 and started going gung ho to the Upright Citizens Brigade, and I realized that that was what I was really interested in and what I really wanted to do.

  

  Abbi Jacobson
  • Up
  • College
  • New

• Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.

  

  Barry White
  • Strong
  • Families
  • Brothers

• No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Done
  • Fun
  • You

• Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • World
  • Lies
  • Possible

• I've always loved film more than theater.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Always
  • Film
  • Loved

• Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

  

  Dag Hammarskjold
  • Words
  • Friendship
  • Solitude

• I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.

  

  Namie Amuro
  • People
  • Singing
  • Listening

• I was watching 'Pulp Fiction' when we were making 'Now and Then'. I didn't care about 'Now and Then,' you know?

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Know
  • Care
  • Now And Then

• I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants.

  

  Florence Henderson
  • Live
  • Best
  • Thing

• I like Chanel mascara because it has the darkest black. For my eyebrows, I brush them through to keep them groomed and in place. And for my lips, I wear lip balm. I use Kiehl's Lip Balm #1. It's really helpful during fashion week. If I keep up with these three things, I feel like I look very fresh, young, and natural.

  

  Fei Fei Sun
  • Up
  • Black
  • Fashion

• Our songs all carry the same way.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Way
  • Same
  • Carry

• My nickname is Bondy. But not because of the Bond films - it was my surname a long time before I did those.

  

  Samantha Bond
  • Time
  • Long
  • Bond

• There comes a time in the history of nations when fear and forgetfulness cause a nation to hesitate, to waver, and perhaps even to succumb. When that time comes, those who love liberty must rise to the occasion. Will you lovers of liberty rise to the occasion?

  

  Rand Paul
  • Time
  • Love
  • History

• A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • Great
  • Change
  • Attitude

• I never want to be a spectacle, but I also feel like a look should always have a little bit of an edge.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Want
  • Look
  • Edge

• Abedi appears to be one of the many thousands of Western Muslims who have embraced militant Islam, often as a way of trying to resolve the tension between their split identities.

  

  Peter Bergen
  • Trying

• I hate SF books that think all you need to make a book is cool technology and mind-bending ideas without a decent plot or characters. And I hate when fantasy books are allowed to ramble off into five hundred page diatribes which don't advance the story one bit.

  

  Chris Wooding
  • Mind
  • Book
  • Hate

• Don't think about anything for too long. Even if it's off-the-wall, go for it. You'll have a lot more fun in life.

  

  Chelsea Handler
  • Life
  • Long
  • Fun

• I've always idolized Jay-Z He's one of my favorite persons, even before I knew him personally.

  

  Anthony Santos Aventura

• When you watch the films that I'm inspired by - from the '60s and '70s - it's not about the special effects: it's about the story; it's about characters and relationships.

  

  Pilou Asbaek
  • Inspired

• I feel like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, which is both settling and terrifying. The roller coaster is going, and there is no jumping off at this point unless I just go nuclear. It's a really interesting part of the whole journey.

  

  Jay Ellis
  • Interesting
  • Journey

• I have a desire to work with some actors I really like, so I hope to get out there soon and be back at it - maybe a little less music in the next one.

  

  Cameron Crowe
  • Work
  • Music
  • Hope

• One of the most powerful concepts, one which is a sure cure for lack of confidence, is the thought that God is with you and helping you. This is one of the simplest teachings in religion, namely, that Almighty God will be your companion, will stand by you, help you, and see you through. No other idea is so powerful in developing self-confidence as this simple belief when practiced. To practice it simply affirm "God is with me; God is helping me; God is guiding me." Spend several minutes each day visualizing his presence. Then practice believing that affirmation.

  

  Norman Vincent Peale
  • God
  • Powerful
  • Helping

• Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.

  

  Sue Grafton
  • Writing
  • Giving
  • Journey