There is no better test of character than when you're tossed into crisis. That's when we see one's true colors shine through.… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Because my dad's Chinese-American, and they're very concrete, he said, 'There's no money to be made in literature.' So he told me… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Writing is very much an emotional process; it requires you to be very in touch with your feelings. That is the opposite… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
A project like 'Rizzoli & Isles' is something you can't pursue. It's something that comes to you... I like to call it… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I think of all media, television is the most powerful when it comes to selling books, because when you have a feature… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Since my romance novels had all been thrillers as well, it wasn't such a leap for me to move into the straight… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
The best ideas are those that really affect me emotionally - those are the ones you never forget. You think to yourself,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I think what medical training does is it gives you the language, the tools to look up facts. I think medical training… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I'm Asian-American, and I was the only Chinese girl growing up in a white school in San Diego. So I understood what… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
The hardest part of writing is the first draft, and the closer you get to your deadline, the messier your workspace becomes… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“Had she always been so insulated from human contact, like a bloom encased in frost?” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
