Editing John Sayles (section)

==Early life==
Sayles was born on September 28, 1950, in [[Schenectady, New York]], the son of Mary ([[married and maiden names|''née'']] Rausch), a teacher, and Donald John Sayles, a school administrator.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carson |first1=Diane |title=John Sayles: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series) |date=1999 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |page=xix |isbn=9781578061389 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cGjdRbHCyYC}}</ref> Both of Sayles's parents were Catholic and of half-Irish descent. Sayles has referred to himself as a "Catholic atheist".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.talkingpix.co.uk/Interview_John%20Sayles.html |title=John Sayles Interview<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=September 27, 2006 |archive-date=August 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829073130/http://www.talkingpix.co.uk/Interview_John%20Sayles.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He attended [[Williams College]] with frequent collaborators [[Gordon Clapp]] and [[David Strathairn]], as well as his longtime partner, [[Maggie Renzi]]. Sayles earned a B.A. in psychology in 1972.<ref name=britannica>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Sayles|title=John Sayles {{!}} Biography, Movies, Books, Assessment, & Facts|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-01-23|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412071557/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Sayles|url-status=live}}</ref>