251 Quotes by Patricia Cornwell

The Ripper case is not one to be conclusively solved by DNA or fingerprints, ... and in a way, this is good. Society has come to expect the wizardry of forensic science to solve all crimes, but without the human element of deductive skills, teamwork, very hard investigation, and smart prosecution, evidence means nothing.

Putnam has done a wonderful job for me. Why would I want to be published anywhere else?

It's criminal if successful authors don't support literacy. I challenge them all to write a check.

They won't get a hotel room on the 25th floor. They know a ladder won't reach that high. So they stay 15 and below. And wherever they go, they're looking for fire exits.

That morning, summer sulked and gathered darkly over Charlotte, and heat shimmered on pavement. Traffic teemed, people pushing forward to promise as they drove through new construction, and the past was bulldozed away.

I know from Lucy's voice that she is scared. Rarely is my brilliant, forceful, helicopter-piloting, fitness-obsessed, federal-law-enforcement-agent niece scared.

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

Being gay is just one aspect of my very complicated life. I do not wear it on my sleeve.

America is the most violent democracy in the world. It's something that's met with great shock, horror, and mystery when I travel to other countries. They ask, Why are there so many shootings in America? Why does everyone own a gun?