We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.

Quote by Sue Grafton

Topics: Passion Quotes

I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was...

I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was...

I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader...

I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader...

I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of...

I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of...

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the...

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the...

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each...

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each...

I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know...

I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know...

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre,...

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre,...

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one,...

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one,...

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

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

If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.

If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.

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

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

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all...

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all...

At that point, I sat down and made an alphabetical list of all the crime...

At that point, I sat down and made an alphabetical list of all the crime...

Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she...

Books are like movies of the mind and it's better to leave Kinsey where she...

I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western...

I attended the University of Louisville my freshman year, transferred to what was then Western...

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.

The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine....

The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine....

I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like...

I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like...

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the...

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the...