Sue Grafton Quotes
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Sometimes I wonder what the difference is between being cautious and being dead.
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Sometimes the hardest part of my job is the incessant reminder of the fact we're all trying so assiduously to ignore: we are here temporarily. Life is only ours on loan.
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There's really no such thing as an 'ex-cop' or a cop who's 'off-duty' or 'retired.' Once trained, once indoctrinated, a cop is always alert, assessing reality in terms of its potential for illegal acts.
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The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not.
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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.
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Grieving is like being ill. You think the entire world revolves around you and it doesn't.
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You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.
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Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.
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Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.
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Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.
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That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.
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I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.
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A is for Alibi, my first book, was published in 1982. As it happened the next couple of books took place in June and August of that year. Without meaning to I painted myself into a corner. The other issue was the aging process. I did not want my main character to age one year for every book so I slowed the whole process down. This way I could get through all 26 letters of the alphabet without making her 109 years old in 2015. I might end the series in either 1990 or on New Years Eve 1989.
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Poise and indifference so often look the same.