“Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on ...” — Sue Grafton Quote

“Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I'm an amazing cook. And I'm a gentleman but can belch the entire alphabet. Classy.”

“What that book does for me is give me the tools in the same way that I had the tools when I learned the regular scales or the alphabet. If you give me the tools, the syntax, and the grammar, it still doesn't tell me how to write Ulysses.”

“I sometimes suffer from insomnia. And when I can't fall asleep, I play what I call the alphabet game.”