Top 46 Quotes by Patricia Cornwell

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

I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books.

Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.

I refuse to sit on my laurels.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.