Sue Grafton Quotes
Writing is self-taught. Consulting other people only teaches you to depend on their reactions, which may or may not be legitimate. Quit looking for approval ... Learn to evaluate your own work with a dispassionate eye ... the lessons you acquire will be all the more valuable because you've mastered your craft from within.
Sue Grafton
Quotes to Explore
I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
Yo-Yo Ma
I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
Harlan Coben
Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.
Ian Anthony Dale
I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.
Randy Jackson
Breakfast Club
Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
Adam Hamilton
If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
Nawal El Saadawi
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Jack London
I have a puppy purse, and it's named after my doggie named Sammie, who is at home. It's from Poochie and Company.
Quvenzhane Wallis
Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.
Bernice King
New Orleans is a place where people are deliberately undereducated so that they can be a labour class - the economy there is tourism, and one of the only outlets that black males have traditionally been allowed is to play jazz music, y'know?
Christian Scott
In places like South Afghanistan, where cultural norms prevent men from entering homes, female vaccinators often make the difference between a closed or opened door.
Ksenia Solo
In Henry Adams, I discovered not only the prototype of the modern thinker but also someone who is more interesting: a viper-toothed, puling, supercilious crank, thwarted in ambition, aging gracelessly, mad at the cosmos, and ashamed of his own jejune ideals. He is nevertheless very dear to me.
P. J. O'Rourke
