Sue Grafton - Work Quotes

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The Latin term pro bono, as most attorneys will attest, roughly translated means for boneheads and applies to work done without charge.

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Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them." "I don't believe in ghosts," I said, faintly. "Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there," she replied.

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You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.

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Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.

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Wherever there is sex, we work to create a relationship that's worthy of it.

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Writing is self-taught. Consulting other people only teaches you to depend on their reactions, which may or may not be legitimate. Quit looking for approval.... Learn to evaluate your own work with a dispassionate eye... the lessons you acquire will be all the more valuable because you've mastered your craft from within.

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

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Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.

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