Kathy Reichs Quotes

I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

Chance wore a white tuxedo with tails. On anyone else? Doopy. On him? Yes, please.

Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.

Who's going to rob us? A crackhead crab? A jellyfish junkie?

Why do all your brilliant ideas involve felonies?

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology. Snappy dresser, though.

Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.

I have a cotillion event. Some yacht-club charity fundraiser thingy. Whitney is insisting, and Kit took her side.” Three wide smiles. “Oh shut up.

I work with the dead, but I am working for the living.

Violence wounds the body and it wounds the soul. Of the predator. Of the prey. Of the mourners. Of collective humanity. It diminishes us all.

Bones tell me the story of a person's life - how old they were, what their gender was, their ancestral background.

High school popularity is so fickle.

As a pirate, she once undressed a fencing instructor using only her sword!

An elite confederacy of nerds. My peeps

Today he wore a burnt-orange shirt, black pants, and a tie that looked like a street fight at the south end of the color wheel.

Murder mysteries are puzzles that are fun to resolve.

You all right now?" "I'm exceptional. Wonderful. Thanks for the concern. You complete me.

Ben locked his eyes on mine for a long moment. Then, “How?” “How do you think?” I smiled, then slapped him full across the face

I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.

You'll start talking, and pretty soon we'll all start nodding, and then the next thing you know, I'm hang gliding off the Eiffel Tower at night, being chased by ninja vampires

I originally worked as an archaeologist in North Carolina, and when bones were found police would take them out to the bones lady at the university, and that was me.

I hated myself for needing him at such times, for craving his strength whenever I felt upset.

Everyone’s gone mad, typing to themselves all day long like mindless robots.

Many fiction writers who put the science in dont get it right.

God help anyone who messes with the Virals!

I tend to watch a lot of movies at home. It's nice to be close to the refrigerator with my pyjamas on and just relax.

I see you, Ben. I always have. You're in my pack." He pulled away. "What if being packmates isn't enough for me?

I’m adding ‘canine’ to my searches,” I said. “And ‘instinct.’” “Whatever. I’m adding ‘lunatic.

Ben yanked Hi sideways as spikes snapped from the wall…Once again, only Ben’s reflexes had saved him. “Please stop doing that!” Ben barked. “Please keep doing that!” Hi warbled.

Tory a father isn’t supposed to fear his fourteen-year-old daughter. That being sad, you terrify me.

Fine. Everybody wears seatbelts. No radio. No distractions.” Ben shot Hi a stern look. “No running commentary.” “Your loss,” Hi said. “To the pimp ride!

People love to hate the gravedigger.

You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.

Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner.

I have come to think of violence as a self-perpetuating mania of the power of the aggressive over those less strong.

She wanted to feel safe. Untouchable in her home. The ultimate female fantasy.

Im studying jerkoffs in the wild," Ben answered dryly. "This seemed like a good chance to view one up close.

Edmonton is Canada's answer to Omaha. Solid, unassuming, and surrounded by a whole lot of nothing. It's a place that makes you think of sensible shoes.

I do interviews and signings and readings and all of these people just hang off my every word. And then I go home and have dinner with my family and nobody lets me get a word in.

At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work over with so we can thoroughly enjoy the play.

I was a university professor, I could talk on and on and on. Give me a podium and you have to drag me off with a hook.

My first book was the most successful debut novel in the UK ever and every one of my books has reached number one in the UK. Clearly the British know brilliance when they see it.

Hi's nose was pressed to his window. “I've changed my mind, Tory. This is the perfect place to hold someone prisoner. I'm keeping this on file.

For an hour we talked of Anne and that famous farm on Prince Edward Island. Thus the friendship began.

Contacting a government office on a weekend is like phoning the Pope on Easter morning.

Remember, I might be the wind, but you control the kite.

A gunshot is the loudest sound in the universe. Especially if the bullet is coming at you.