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I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.
Sue Grafton
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I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.
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Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.
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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.
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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.
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I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part.
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The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine. Kinsey's happy as she is and she doesn't need to be rescued, improved, or saved.
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At that point, I sat down and made an alphabetical list of all the crime related words I could think of. So here I am now, nearly half-way through, probably tied up until the year 2015 or SO.
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After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with.
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If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.
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I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.
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Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I know.
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I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.
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