Sue Grafton Quotes
Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain, suffering, hard work, risk, and fear.
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Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.
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Girls shouldn't throw away their lives. They have the opportunity to not have 25 children - to make something of themselves, and use their brains and creativity. I'm just thrilled about that.
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I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.
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The attitude that poetry should not be analyzed is prevalent among many who consider themselves experts on children's literature. But I suspected that kids like to look closely at things and figure out what makes them go.
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I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.
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New Hampshire understands the need to pursue modern and long-term energy strategies that will help lower costs, protect our natural resources, and create good jobs.
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I don't know what 'normal' means, anyway.
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The biggest thing I've learned from my dad is he's had adoring crowds of 8,000 at Berkeley, and 6,000 at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University. That's an amazing feat to have people coming out in one of the most liberal universities and one of the most conservative.
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I believe in the sanctity of marriage.
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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.
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I had a terrible job letting me do anything that wasn't comedy.
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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.
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If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious code.
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Whether you like me, or hate me, this is me.
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America is so caught up in this celebrity mania!
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All art requires courage.
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If you can hire people whose passion intersects with the job, they won't require any supervision at all. They will manage themselves better than anyone could ever manage them. Their fire comes from within, not from without. Their motivation is internal, not external.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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I wouldn't trade or change a thing, and I've had some hard times.
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You have to work hard, in order to get anything done.
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Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain, suffering, hard work, risk, and fear.
