I think Peter Dickinson is hands down the best stylist as a writer and the most interesting storyteller in my genre. Sara Paretsky More Quotes by Sara Paretsky More Quotes From Sara Paretsky When you feel lousy, puppy therapy is indicated. Sara Paretsky puppypetdog There is no frigate like a book and no harbor like a library, where those who love books but can't afford their own complete collections, or those who need a computer, or kids who need a safe place to read after school, or moms with toddlers who want their babies to learn to read, can all come together and share in a great community resource. Sara Paretsky mombabybook I began wanting to create a detective who really turned the tables on that image of women, to know that you could have a sex life and not be a bad person. You could have a sex life and still solve your own problems. It was eight years from when I started having the fantasy that I was going to create such a detective to when I actually sat down and came up with V. I. Warshawski. It was a long, slow journey to come to a writing voice and do that character. Sara Paretsky writingcharactersex 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 whitewritingyears No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship Sara Paretsky agentsrelationshipbook I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11 Sara Paretsky magazinesgirlstories I believe that to create real-seeming characters, the writer must be willing to go on a voyage of self-exploration. It can be revealing and even painful to explore your own weakness, but it gives you genuine emotion. Characters in fiction come alive because of the believability of their emotional lives and that is what I strive to create. Sara Paretsky emotionalcharacterbelieve Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories. Sara Paretsky poniesstoriesthinking Hard to remember who is more dangerous: the people who are attacking our liberties overseas, or those who are suppressing them at home. Sara Paretsky libertyhomepeople When I enter a library, when I enter the world of books, I feel the ghosts of the past on my shoulders urging me to speech. I hear Patrick Henry cry to the Burgsses, 'Is Life so dear, or Peace so sweet, to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?' I hear Sojourner Truth tell me that the hand that rocks the cradle can also rock the boat, and William Lloyd Garrison say, 'I am in earnest, I will not be silenced.' Sara Paretsky sweetbookpast I cannot find words to express the depth of my loss or outrage about what's happening to this country. I don't know if I can find the words for it, but if this country ever recovers, it will not be in my lifetime. If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights. I would have 10,000 people working there. Sara Paretsky rightslosscountry Heart surgeons do not have the world's smallest egos: when you ask them to name the world's three leading practitioners, they never can remember the names of the other two. Sara Paretsky doctorshearttwo Every writer's difficult journey is a movement from silence to speech. We must be intensely private and interior in order to find a voice and a vision - and we must bring our work to an outside world where the market, or public outrage, or even government censorship can destroy our voice. Sara Paretsky voicegovernmentjourney Never underestimate a man's ability to underestimate a woman. Sara Paretsky abilityunderestimatemen I look at the great poets of the Soviet Union, like Anna Akhmatova, who endured far worse then anything we've seen or hopefully that we will ever see. If they could keep writing and keep a voice alive, keep people hopeful through their poetry, then I would be ashamed to stop and to give in. It would be really self-indulgent, unacceptable, and inexcusable to walk away from it. Sara Paretsky voiceselfwriting Nothing kinder than strangers. Nothing stranger than kindness. Sara Paretsky kinderstrangerkindness Live disasters are wonderful attractions when you're safe on the other side of them. Sara Paretsky safesideswonderful The rich are different than you and me: they have more money and they have more power. Sara Paretsky more-moneyrichdifferent If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights. I would have 10,000 people working there. Sara Paretsky bill-of-rightspresidentpeople I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science. Sara Paretsky graduationinspirationalfunny
