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
I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.
Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there,
Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb.
I hate nature. I really do. Nature is composed entirely of sticks, dirt, fall-down places, biting and stinging things, and savageries too numerous to list. And I'm not the only one who feels this way. Man has been building cities since the year oughty-ought, just to get away from this stuff.
Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.
Age plays cruel tricks on the human face; all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface, where they harden like a mask.
The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not.
To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth.
Writing is self-taught. Consulting other people only teaches you to depend on their reactions, which may or may not be legitimate. Quit looking for approval ... Learn to evaluate your own work with a dispassionate eye ... the lessons you acquire will be all the more valuable because you've mastered your craft from within.
The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.
No one with a happy childhood ever amounts to much in this world. They are so well adjusted, they never are driven to achieve anything.
He might be a man without character, but she was a woman without courage. Of the two, which was worse?
The Jungian therapist taught me the difference between the ego and the shadow. I realized I'd been so busy being a good girl that I'd completely detached from my shadow. It's something we all have, and it's where all the creative juices are.
People talk about dysfunctional families; I've never seen any other kind.