Sue Grafton

Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I know.

— Sue Grafton

I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western Kentucky State Teachers College for my sophomore…

— Sue Grafton

Dream big but think small.

— Sue Grafton

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.

— Sue Grafton

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

— Sue Grafton

My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me…

— Sue Grafton

“These are the days that require discipline, when exercise is pure duty and the good feeling only comes later, consisting solely of…

— Sue Grafton

Poise and indifference so often look the same.

— Sue Grafton

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…

— Sue Grafton

“She was right about one thing: the harm in the world is done by those who feel disenfranchised and abused. Contented people…

— Sue Grafton

I only get writer's block about once a day.

— Sue Grafton

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are…

— Sue Grafton

I love being single. It's almost like being rich.

— Sue Grafton

I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little…

— Sue Grafton

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never…

— Sue Grafton

So much of the past in encapsulated in the odds and ends. Most of us discard more information about ourselves than we…

— Sue Grafton

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

— Sue Grafton

“Infidelity reduces and diminishes, leaving nothing where you once had a sense of self-worth.”

— Sue Grafton

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many…

— Sue Grafton

“Springsteen and Julianne Phillips were married. The story moved from Patti Scialfa’s early career to her current state of bliss and ended…

— Sue Grafton

He might be a man without character, but she was a woman without courage. Of the two, which was worse?

— Sue Grafton

No one with a happy childhood ever amounts to much in this world. They are so well adjusted, they never are driven…

— Sue Grafton

Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.

— Sue Grafton

You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the…

— Sue Grafton

If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.

— Sue Grafton