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

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• Patricia Cornwell:

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

• Patricia Cornwell:

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

• Patricia Cornwell:

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

• Patricia Cornwell:

  I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college.

• Patricia Cornwell:

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

• 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

• Patricia Cornwell:

  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.