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Sue Grafton Quotes

After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 24, 1940 - December 28, 2017

Topics

Work Tired Hollywood Years Begin

There are always pluses and minus to commercialization. It broadcasts something to the masses. So that's the plus. The minus is it may lose some of its meaning if you dilute it.

Meaning You Lose Always May Masses

I watched 'My Girl' as an adult pretty recently, and it's a good movie.

Good Girl Good Movie Pretty Adult

You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience.

Experience Learn You Give Blueprint

The element which is conveniently missing from today's Republican Party is the human one. People's hopes and realities become numbers and words, devoid of personality and easy to erase.

Today Personality Words People Party

I just love Ottawa because I was able to develop a lot of things, my own character as a man.

Love Character Man My Own Own Just

I went to a Catholic high school and it seemed like every time I drew something for a class project, it either got thrown away by the teacher or something.

Teacher Time School High School High

And let's be clear: It's not enough just to limit ads for foods that aren't healthy. It's also going to be critical to increase marketing for foods that are healthy.

Diet Enough Marketing Healthy Limit

I had a pretty normal, non-Hollywood life for most of my 20s in San Francisco.

Life Normal Pretty San Francisco Had

My constituents want me to be outspoken - it's part of the reason they elected me - and the inevitable side effect of being outspoken is that, occasionally, you put your foot in your mouth.

Me You Mouth Inevitable Want Reason

It is often said that the magnitude of a people is measured by their ability to know how to win.

Jose Eduardo dos Santos

People Win Know Said Ability How

I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.

Character Start Go Repulsive

I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.

Me Create Kind Try Storytelling

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