Sue Grafton Quotes
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I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know them all too well. I see them in all their complexities which makes them impossible to render on the printed page.
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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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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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The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not.
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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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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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Give yourself time to get better.
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Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.
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Sometimes I wonder what the difference is between being cautious and being dead.
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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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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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That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.
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After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with.