Top 33 Patricia Cornwell Quotes

I constantly remind people that crime isn’t solved by technology; it’s solved by people.

Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension.

I am a journalist.

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

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

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

The greatest gift is our own eyes, sense of smell, and abilities to deduce.

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

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

Everyone is doing forensics.

The human capacity to be curious has always existed.

I won’t put myself in a position where I’m vulnerable.

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

I didn’t invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.

I wouldn’t want to donate my body for scientific study.

That’s why I think the ‘Scarpetta’ series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.

Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.

I am a fan of Botox.

I’ve had people turn up to book signings with knives, with guns.

If it’s really beautiful weather, sometimes I might take a helicopter out. I got my license in 1999.

Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge.

I am an Armani and a Dolce & Gabbana kind of a person.

Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable.

Murder is about power and the more powerful women get the more it will change the good that they do and the bad that they do.

My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they’ve got to say.

If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.

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

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.

The biggest risk with a series that goes on this long is that you’ll get bored with the character.

My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario.

I’ve never taken a scalpel to a dead body.

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

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