Patricia Cornwell

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

— Patricia Cornwell

#down #going #hard #teeth #too

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

— Patricia Cornwell

#anything #boundless #forties #good #good health

In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#feel #first #like #person #readers

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. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#bad #change #get #good #more

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. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#even #fans #got #hear #i

My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#case #friends #me #miss #scenario

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

— Patricia Cornwell

#beyond #clean #cold #dublin #fell

Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#entertained #obviously #order #people #read

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. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#built #civil #civil war #darkness #facing

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

— Patricia Cornwell

#character #i #i think #like #people