272 Quotes by Sue Grafton

any mystery writer is both magician and moralist ... two species of artist in short supply.

Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.

Writing is a process and you must trust the process! Fear and anxiety are part of that process along with the enthusaism and the good days and the joy and the passion and the great hopes you have for a book. But when you run into problems, when you get stuck or scared, you must trust that that is part of how a book comes to pass, and what you need to do is get very still and quiet because Self will tell you how to get out of a hole you've dug for yourself.

That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.

There are days when none of us can bear it, but the good comes around again. Happiness is seasonal, like anything else. Wait it out. There are people who love you. People who can help.

Smile. It gives your face something to do.

Sometimes being fooled by love is worth the price. At least you know you're alive and capable of feeling, even if all you end up with is chest pain.

Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.

I think you'd best make your peace with the past since you've come this far. I think you know by now that you won't go back again.