"It's not enough to be sick and tired of something. You've got to be sick and tired of being sick and tired."

“Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.”

“I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.”

Source : Sue Grafton (2011). “V is for Vengeance”, p.30, Penguin

“I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard.”

“The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.”

“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.”

“Such crimes has superstition caused.”

“I try not to read reviews, but if it's a really important review or somebody sends it to me, I'll read it. It's really interesting when you read a review of yourself, you see this weird reflected image - it's like looking a funhouse mirror. Like, "It's sort of me, but is my neck really that elongated?" Sometimes it's vaguely embarrassing what people think of you. When I was in Italy doing this press-interview day, this guy asked me, "Are you a tortured soul?" It's embarrassing to have somebody think you're a tortured soul, or that you think of yourself as a tortured soul.”

“The main thing [of social media] is it allows us to speak directly with our fans and customers, getting that immediate feedback, that conversation; that's what I love. It means that no matter what we are saying, if it's big or small we have a way of saying it. People connect with that.”