Quote

Poise and indifference so often look the same.

Sue Grafton

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
Actor
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
Poise
Indifference
Confidence
Often
Look
Looks

More quotes by Sue Grafton

Image
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.
Sue Grafton
Image
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.
Sue Grafton
Image
You kill people you hate or you kill in rage or you kill to get even, but you don't kill someone you're indifferent to.
Sue Grafton
Image
The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course.
Sue Grafton
Image
I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.
Sue Grafton
Image
If you're unhappy, change something.
Sue Grafton
Image
Age plays cruel tricks on the human face all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface, where they harden like a mask.
Sue Grafton
Image
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.
Sue Grafton
Image
You can't make anyone love you and you can't stop anyone from dying.
Sue Grafton
Image
After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with.
Sue Grafton
Image
I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.
Sue Grafton
Image
For the record, I'd like to say that I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I have a chance to get even first Kinsey Millhone, V is for Vengeance
Sue Grafton
Image
I've never known anyone yet who doesn't suffer a certain restlessness when autumn rolls around... We're all eight years old again and anything is possible.
Sue Grafton
Image
A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.
Sue Grafton
Image
You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning how to write-which takes years. Everybody sees the success stories.
Sue Grafton
Image
The struggle is what teaches you.
Sue Grafton
Image
My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.
Sue Grafton
Image
What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?
Sue Grafton
Image
I only get writer's block about once a day.
Sue Grafton
Image
School was a source of great suffering to me, but once I learned to read, I disappeared into books, where I was a happy visitor to all the worlds that sprang full-blown from the printed page.
Sue Grafton