Quotes By Patricia Cornwell

Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.

I am a journalist.

Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air.

I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.

I've always believed human blood is red because it really needs to draw attention to itself.

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

I like to get to bed with a clear head.

I stop working at about 3 p.m. on Fridays.

I like crazy shoes or unusual cowboy boots and I collect big belt buckles.

If you chomp down too hard on my work, you're going to break your teeth.

I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells.

On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.

But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.

With DNA, the ability to find out a lot more with a lot less has increased our ability for identification.