Never underestimate a man's ability to underestimate a woman. — Sara Paretsky Ability Copy Share Image
People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open spaces they secretly keep tabs on each… — Sara Paretsky Cities Copy Share Image
All food starting with p is comfort food: pasta, potato chips, pretzels, peanut butter, pastrami, Pizza, pastry. — Sara Paretsky Chips Copy Share Image
The decimation of Lebanon was showing up in Chicago as a series of restaurants and little shops, just as the destruction of… — Sara Paretsky Able Copy Share Image
I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with — Sara Paretsky Found Copy Share Image
When I enter a library, when I enter the world of books, I feel the ghosts of the past on my shoulders… — Sara Paretsky Boat Copy Share Image
White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America. — Sara Paretsky America Copy Share Image
In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and… — Sara Paretsky Attention Copy Share Image
And the fury in my community was just staggering. The young priests in the parish were behind the message. The older priests… — Sara Paretsky Attendance Copy Share Image
The hope for a messiah puts too much on that one person. And you think that absolves you of personal responsibility and… — Sara Paretsky Hope Copy Share Image
But what I've learned is, when your adrenaline is flowing, you can do a lot. I'm not very physical, but once some… — Sara Paretsky Adrenaline Copy Share Image
The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only… — Sara Paretsky Addresses Copy Share Image
I had a fantasy as a child that I might be a writer someday. I always thought that meant you went to… — Sara Paretsky Chicago Copy Share Image
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 Backgrounds Copy Share Image
I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science. — Sara Paretsky College Copy Share Image
I began wanting to create a detective who really turned the tables on that image of women, to know that you could… — Sara Paretsky Bad person Copy Share Image
I have one vivid memory of one of the days that the marches were taking place. We were in a Catholic, predominantly… — Sara Paretsky Catholic Copy Share Image
I think Peter Dickinson is hands down the best stylist as a writer and the most interesting storyteller in my genre. — Sara Paretsky Genre Copy Share Image
