Paretsky Books Quotes

#1. We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.

Sally Quinn

#2. The person who does not plan his life is basically planning to fail.

Sunday Adelaja

#3. For bourgeois classes as such have seldom before and never since displayed heroism. It was "the last of our heroisms", as Carlyle, not without reason, has said.

Max Weber

#4. The greatest response to life is gratefulness.

Jared Brock

#5. 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

#6. 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

#7. Select a subject that interests you and make an effort to become an expert in that field. I promise you, if you make the effort, and you become an expert, you will have a wonderful career.

Dan Shechtman

#8. First I showered off that horrible butt smell you get from being on an airplane. [p. 257]

Anne Lamott

#9. What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

Louisa May Alcott

#10. I'm Legs Sadovsky I'm FOXFIRE I don't fuck around with guys.

Joyce Carol Oates

#11. I wouldn't want [my daughtr] to be a model. I don't think it's the best industry really for young girls. Unless you're really strong, it can really f**k you up.

Kate Moss

#12. As the two-thousand-year-old saying goes, you can have eyes and still not see. But a hard life improves vision.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn