Edna Buchanan

Our system is not one of justice, but of law

— Edna Buchanan

If not for bad luck we'd have no luck at all.

— Edna Buchanan

Life is a death-defying experience.

— Edna Buchanan

Everybody seems normal, till you get to know them.

— Edna Buchanan

Friends are family you choose.

— Edna Buchanan

The past is an unsolved mystery and the truth a moving target.

— Edna Buchanan

... I have become a conscientious objector in the war between the sexes.

— Edna Buchanan

Fear is like water. You need it. And it's good for you, as long as you have the right amount.

— Edna Buchanan

True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway.

— Edna Buchanan

Where I come from these days, anybody who isn't seeing a therapist needs to.

— Edna Buchanan

Love is so fragile and so often fatal. I am amazed when people are brave enough to risk it.

— Edna Buchanan

You ought to try surviving one of my family reunions. It's like having a bowling alley in your brain.

— Edna Buchanan

Guns have no eyes, no friends. You never know if they'll protect your life or take it.

— Edna Buchanan

In the criminal justice system you see the worst people on their best behavior, unlike the civil system, where the best people…

— Edna Buchanan

To entrust to an editor a story over which you have labored and to which your name and reputation are attached can…

— Edna Buchanan

Books are like your children. They take nine months to write; the manuscript weighs six pounds and...you send them out into the…

— Edna Buchanan

A young city, Miami lacks the history, the roots, and the traditions of other major metropolitan areas. Everybody here is from someplace…

— Edna Buchanan

I always warn aspiring reporters to observe three basic rules: 1. Never trust an editor. 2. Never trust an editor. 3. Never trust an editor.

— Edna Buchanan

Sex gets people killed, put in jail, beaten up, bankrupted, and disgraced, to say nothing of ruined - personally, politically, and professionally.…

— Edna Buchanan

Men give love because they want sex. Women give sex because they want love. That's the difference between men and women. Ever…

— Edna Buchanan

Every once in a while, there comes a story. A story that blows your mind. One where you know you've made a…

— Edna Buchanan