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I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.

Sue Grafton

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Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
Actor
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Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
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Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.
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I only get writer's block about once a day.
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Poise and indifference so often look the same.
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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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If you're unhappy, change something.
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I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western Kentucky State Teachers College for my sophomore and junior years, and then graduated from the University of Louisville in the summer of 1961.
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It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.
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The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not.
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I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.
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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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My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.
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A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.
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Insecure people have a special sensitivity for anything that finally confirms their own low opinion of themselves.
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All of us are subjected to somebody else's power at some point. So once in a while you kiss ass. So what? Either you make your peace with that early, or you end up living your life as a crank and a misfit.
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It's been my observation, after years in the [insurance] business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat.
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I caution writers all the time to slow down and pay more attention to the work in front of them than to the end result. I don't think you write one book and get anywhere. I think you write five books and then maybe you are finally on the right path.
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Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.
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God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.
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