Sue Grafton Quotes

I write because it's all I know how to do. Writing is my anchor and my purpose. My life is informed by writing, whether the work is going well or I'm stuck in the hell of writer's block, which I'm happy to report only occurs about once a day.

Sue Grafton

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• Purpose
• Hell
• Block
• Stuck

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• I am interested in the subject which is Russia.

  

  Tatyana Tolstaya
  • Interested
  • Russia

• The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.

  

  Utada Hikaru
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.

  

  Barbara Demick
  • Me
  • End
  • Scene

• It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.

  

  Garth Ennis
  • People
  • Work
  • Myself

• As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.

  

  Veerappa Moily
  • Law
  • Government
  • Decision

• Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Friend
  • Enemy
  • Look

• My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.

  

  Samantha Stosur
  • Training
  • Exercise
  • Healthy

• I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Think
  • Difficult
  • Reputation

• One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.

  

  K. A. Applegate
  • Books
  • Morality
  • Reasons

• The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.

  

  Earl Long
  • Good
  • Know
  • Kind

• I am a bit of a Pollyanna - I spend most of my day happy.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Happy
  • Day
  • Pollyanna

• According to Celtic law, all sons equally divided the inheritance and principalities of their father.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Father
  • Law
  • Divided

• In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Nations
  • Many
  • Belonging

• That's my mentality. Just because somebody has fouled me, there is no reason for me to be nasty to him. I try to respect football as much as possible, and when someone is injured, you put the ball out.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Respect
  • Football
  • Reason

• Life is our dictionary.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Life
  • Dictionary
  • Our

• A tremendous amount of needless pain and suffering can be eliminated by ensuring that health insurance is universally available.

  

  Daniel Akaka
  • Health
  • Pain
  • Suffering

• A poet, qua poet, has only one political duty, namely, in his own writing to set an example of the correct use of his mother tongue, which is always being corrupted. When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Writing
  • Mother
  • Political

• The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor.

  

  Bob Feller
  • Hero

• Being vulnerable was difficult for me at first because I've said things in my songs about how I felt that I never told anybody.

  

  Khalid

• It's nice to have more than one little one because then you'll have - while one is pushing you in a wheelchair, the other one can open the doors for you.

  

  Clyde Edgerton
  • Nice

• I have copies of the books my grandfather illustrated for Scribner's in each house. I read those books all the time.

  

  Jamie Wyeth
  • Time
  • House

• The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life. Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • People
  • Life
  • Children

• At one point, I was blogging prodigiously, in the late '90s; and I was getting, like, millions of pages because I was, like, one of the only people writing about web design, and I was always writing about web design.

  

  Jeffrey Zeldman
  • People
  • Writing
  • Design

• I write because it's all I know how to do. Writing is my anchor and my purpose. My life is informed by writing, whether the work is going well or I'm stuck in the hell of writer's block, which I'm happy to report only occurs about once a day.

  

  Sue Grafton
  • Writing
  • Purpose
  • Hell