Author: Sara Paretsky

Quotes

I love to sing. I'm a soprano.

I love to sing. I'm a soprano.

- 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

- Sara Paretsky

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

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

- Sara Paretsky

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

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

- Sara Paretsky

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

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

- Sara Paretsky

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

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

- Sara Paretsky

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