Sue Grafton Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingSeriouslyNeverFirstNovel

Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence.

John Shelby Spong

ChurchChristianWhoOhPrimary

I want to prove to my fans that I am beyond candy floss roles and item numbers.

Amruta Khanvilkar

I AmNumbersWantProveCandyFans

When you cry out in pain from a broken wrist, no one questions it. You just go to the hospital and take the necessary steps. Mental illness is just as real, even if it can't be seen.

Torrey DeVitto

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Kindle Worlds is a clever way to monetize a formerly underground trend, and to enable its participants to be remunerated. But it will be of no interest to writers with any literary ambition, as its constraints are designed to stymie even the most rudimentary impulses - even the first flickering of a dangerous originality.

Russell Smith

AmbitionDangerousWillWayFirst

I think we have a lot in common with classical composers of the 19th century, although I'm not claiming to have their intelligence. They wanted to create a musical explosion, to blow the crowd away.

Matt Bellamy

IntelligenceThinkCreateAwayCrowd

Amy Winehouse and Paul Weller are examples of poets, I think.

Jools Holland

ThinkPoetsI ThinkExamplesPaul

Rock-and-roll, to me, is very serious because we deal with the young people. We deal with people who need something, and that's the same thing that a preacher does. He feeds you something that you need spiritually in your soul and in your makeup.

Clarence Clemons

SoulPeopleMeMakeupYouYoung

I think when people talk about lighter drama, they tend to use that term, not derogatorily, but 'lighter' means sort of less to a degree, but if you're an actor, light drama is often mistaken for easier drama.

Bruno Heller

LightPeopleThinkYouDramaActor

Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world.

Archibald MacLeish

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What's the point of art, of any art, if it doesn't let us see with a little bit of objectivity where we are?

Ali Smith

ArtSeePointLittleWhereUs

Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20's, but it was sex in good taste and left a great deal to one's imagination.

Pola Negri

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In California, you're on a first-name basis with fruit. You take a beautiful Blenheim, you don't want to mess with it.

Sherry Yard

BeautifulFruitYouWantCalifornia

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