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Sara Paretsky Quotes

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.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: June 8, 1947

Topics

Life Glasses Looking My Life Wish

I try to think of the social function of fiction as drawing the individual toward larger social and political questions. But I'm also very comfortable in saying that my novel - any novel - doesn't matter as much as larger questions of how we can see justice done.

Justice Saying Think Political Done

I have no interest in doing anything other than good work.

Andrea Riseborough

Work Good Good Work Doing Anything

We didn't care about salaries and having a nice car. We just cared about science and were really ambitious.

May-Britt Moser

Car Science Care Nice Just Really

There were two mentalities, and both mentalities had to change. There was what I called the Afrikaner mind set of the Unionist politicians, which was holding all power in their own hands, and discriminating, and their objective was to protect their identity.

Change Power Identity Mind Hands

I guess we're all lucky to be in this profession where you can be someone else for two or three months on a film shoot. I find it restful. Vachement agreable.

Someone You Find Three Lucky Two

My characters all have issues, but I don't see that as weird or abnormal because I think in real life there are very few bland, normal people.

Life People Think Weird Real See

Artists have historically understood images better than anyone else. This is what we do.

Better Artists Understood Than Else

I love continuity. I was a continuity nerd growing up. I loved buying a comic in the middle of something and loved digging for back issues or going forward and trying to figure it all out.

Love Growing Up Forward Loved Trying

I have kind of a weird technique with zucchini. I cut it into small cubes; sweat it in olive oil, adding just a little oil at time so it crisps. Then I cover it with boiling water, not stock, which really brings out the flavor of the zucchini, add lemon, thyme, and serve it with burrata and a fried zucchini flower.

Flower Time Water Small Weird Kind

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Work Me Acting Always Surprised

Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.

Bothered Bewitched Bewildered Am

I like to live a spoiler-free life.

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