Because I never plan anything out ahead of time, I'm always in the process of learning about my characters. Without a biographical sketch to guide me, I discover things about my heroines as the stories unfold. Only in 'Body Double'… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I always write on unlined typing paper and write the first draft in longhand, using cheap Bic pens. I try to write about four pages a day, which usually yields a first draft in six months. I don't plot ahead… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“Had she always been so insulated from human contact, like a bloom encased in frost?” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
Fans are always asking me where I get my ideas from. The answer is that I'm very curious, and I get inspiration from everywhere.… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
After twelve years of living in Hawaii, I'd gotten a serious case of 'rock fever.' I just couldn't live on an island any longer. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
“If you don't love him, if you don't even care about him, then seeing him now shouldn't be all that painful. Should it?” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
“My name is Mila, and this is my journey. There are so many places where I could begin the story. I could start in… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
“Now we sit and wait,” the woman said, and she settled into a chair, the gun on her lap. “What are we waiting for?”… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
Because I never plan anything out ahead of time, I'm always in the process of learning about my characters. Without a biographical sketch to… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
When you're a fifty-year-old woman, no one really bothers to look at you anymore, much less value your opinion. It's hard on the old… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
Mom and I often talked about the trip we'd someday take together to the 'city of eternal spring' where she was born. In Kunming,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
“But human anatomy and human endurance are variable. While the much younger nun had succumbed to her injuries, Ursula's heart kept beating, her body… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
Where we go depends on what we know, and what we know depends on where we go. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
“Some people make choices hoping for the best; Korsak had made a choice simply to avoid the worst.” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share
