Sara Paretsky Quotes

I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.
Sara Paretsky

I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses.
Sara Paretsky

Life, Remember, Wish

The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.
Sara Paretsky

Justice, Horizon, Criminals

Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel.
Sara Paretsky

Time, Around, Wanted

Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior.
Sara Paretsky

I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11.
Sara Paretsky

Girl, American, Story

I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time.
Sara Paretsky

Life, Time, Home

I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work.
Sara Paretsky

Work, Time, Long

I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming.
Sara Paretsky

Friend, Give, Try

I live and die with the Chicago Cubs.
Sara Paretsky

Live, Die, Chicago

I love to sing. I'm a soprano.
Sara Paretsky

Love, Sing, Soprano

I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book.
Sara Paretsky

Book, Thought, Write

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.
Sara Paretsky

Experience, Writing, Found

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.
Sara Paretsky

Life, Time, Smart

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.
Sara Paretsky

Graduation, Science, Political

I'm a daydreamer.
Sara Paretsky

I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with.
Sara Paretsky

Life, Perfect, Found

I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues.
Sara Paretsky

Hope, Loyal, Following

In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women.
Sara Paretsky

Time, Women, Men

It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating.
Sara Paretsky

Write, Took, Months

Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed.
Sara Paretsky

Money, Books, Create

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.
Sara Paretsky

Home, Parents, After

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship.
Sara Paretsky

Book, She, Until

People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open spaces they secretly keep tabs on each other a lot more.
Sara Paretsky

Together, Keep, Less

Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets.
Sara Paretsky

Mean, Country, Rich

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: June 8, 1947

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