#me

Give me a fruitful error anytime, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. ↗

— Vilfredo Pareto

#bursting #corrections #error #fruitful #full

Give me the fruitful error any time, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. You can keep your sterile truth for yourself. ↗

— Vilfredo Pareto

#bursting #corrections #error #fruitful #full

Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#i #novel #publish #time #turned

I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#american #first #girl #i #i always

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. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#educating #expected #grew #home #i

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

— Sara Paretsky

#ghost #had #i #long #long time

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

— Sara Paretsky

#female #how #i #i came #investigator

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. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#glasses #half #i #i wish #keys

I'm a daydreamer. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#i

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

#books #booksellers #come #get #help