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

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• Patricia Cornwell:

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

• Patricia Cornwell:

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

• Patricia Cornwell:

  But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I woul

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

• Patricia Cornwell:

  First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty.

• Patricia Cornwell:

  I am a journalist.

• Patricia Cornwell:

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

• Patricia Cornwell:

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

• Patricia Cornwell:

  My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario.

• Patricia Cornwell:

  If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will