Sara Paretsky Quotes

You have to be a ruthless editor of your own prose. Over the years, I've learned that the best way to incorporate research into the narrative is to turn it into action.

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• I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.

  

  Olly Murs
  • People
  • Success
  • Education

• I can hardly eat meat because it has to look like something what it was not when it was alive.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Look
  • Alive
  • I Can

• I've always been fond of acoustic music.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Music
  • Always
  • Fond

• I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • Love
  • Sports
  • Adventure

• I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • Live
  • Three
  • Household

• I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.

  

  A. A. Milne
  • Children
  • Book
  • Write

• In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Up
  • Party
  • King

• Betty Shabazz was the wife of a man who challenged a government that was historically unjust. She was harassed and placed under surveillance by the Nation of Islam (NOI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

  

  Ilyasah Shabazz
  • She
  • Man
  • Wife

• I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.

  

  Gary Shteyngart
  • Travel
  • Map
  • iPhone

• The writer is all alone.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Alone
  • Writer

• I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.

  

  Daniel Gillies
  • Country
  • Remember
  • Bad

• You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending.

  

  Damon Hill
  • Yourself
  • Win
  • Edge

• Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.

  

  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • Playing
  • Standing
  • Box

• When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.

  

  Ted Danson
  • People
  • Humor
  • Admire

• A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.

  

  Fawn M. Brodie
  • Power
  • Passion
  • Politics

• A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • Important
  • Support
  • Health

• After almost 30 years of playing this sport, I've learned something. I've learned that, no matter what happens, or happened... or where you are, or where you've been... at the end of the day: tennis is tennis. It's always, always tennis. And there's nothing better.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Day
  • Better
  • End

• A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Life
  • God
  • Opinion

• The only routine with me is no routine at all.

  

  Jackie Kennedy
  • Me
  • Only
  • Routine

• I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like, your-dad's-a-movie-star privilege.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
  • Life
  • Up
  • School

• Many of the Bible characters fell just in the things in which they were thought to be strongest. Moses failed in his humility, Abraham in his faith, Elijah in his courage, for one woman scared him away to that juniper-tree; and Peter, whose strong point was boldness, was so frightened by a maid, as to deny his Lord.

  

  Dwight L. Moody
  • Strong
  • Faith
  • Courage

• Every thing in human character goes to wreck, under the reign of procrastination, while prompt action gives to all things a corresponding and proportional life and energy.

  

  William Alcott
  • Character
  • Action
  • Humans

• Having a talent is not enough: one must also have your permission to have it--right, my friends?

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Talent
  • Permission
  • My Friends

• You have to be a ruthless editor of your own prose. Over the years, I've learned that the best way to incorporate research into the narrative is to turn it into action.

  

  Sara Paretsky
  • Action
  • Prose