Sue Grafton
Sue Grafton
Sue Taylor Graftonis a contemporary American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the 'alphabet series'featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. The daughter of detective novelist C. W. Grafton, she has said the strongest influence on her crime novels is author Ross Macdonald. Prior to success with this series, she wrote screenplays for television movies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 April 1940
CountryUnited States of America
There's a certain class of people who will do you in and then remain completely mystified by the depth of your pain.
I only get writer's block about once a day.
It is a truth of human nature that we can ponder life's mysteries for only so long before we lose interest and move on to something else.
Lying contains the same hostile elements as a practical joke in that the 'victim' ends up looking foolish in his own eyes and laughable in everyone else's.
In my opinion, there's no condition in life that can't be ameliorated by a dose of junk food.
Insecure people have a special sensitivity for anything that finally confirms their own low opinion of themselves.
Pay enough for anything and it passes for taste.
Too much virtue has a corrupting effect.
any mystery writer is both magician and moralist ... two species of artist in short supply.
Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.
Writing is a process and you must trust the process! Fear and anxiety are part of that process along with the enthusaism and the good days and the joy and the passion and the great hopes you have for a book. But when you run into problems, when you get stuck or scared, you must trust that that is part of how a book comes to pass, and what you need to do is get very still and quiet because Self will tell you how to get out of a hole you've dug for yourself.
That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.
There are days when none of us can bear it, but the good comes around again. Happiness is seasonal, like anything else. Wait it out. There are people who love you. People who can help.
Smile. It gives your face something to do.