129 Quotes by Sara Paretsky

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

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

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.

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

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

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

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

I live and die with the Chicago Cubs