'Lonesome Dove' by Larry McMurtry and 'The Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver have stuck with me throughout my life, and I think… — Tess Gerritsen About 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 Any Copy Share Image
I'm trained in science, believe in logic, and like to think there's an explanation for everything. And I'm truly not really at… — Tess Gerritsen Answers Copy Share Image
My most successful books, the ones that I feel the strongest about, are the ones that started with a premise that for… — Tess Gerritsen About 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 Anything Copy Share Image
“You have been getting all worked up about not looking out for me. Me, I've been lying here getting pissed about falling… — Tess Gerritsen Pissed Copy Share Image
“There's that unpredictability factor, that chance that something completely unexpected - something amazing - could happen. That's what makes life an adventure.… — Tess Gerritsen Chance Copy Share Image
What Rizzoli thought, staring at her own image, was that she hated Elizabeth Hurley for giving women false hope. The brutal truth… — Tess Gerritsen Beautiful 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… — Tess Gerritsen About Copy Share Image
“Society thinks of violent acts as manifestations of evil or immorality. We're told we have ultimate control over our own behavior, that… — Tess Gerritsen Thoughts and actions Copy Share Image
“When one hears hoofbeats, medical students are taught, one must think of horses, not zebras. But the doctor who sees my blood… — Tess Gerritsen Medical-thriller Copy Share Image
I organise jam sessions every month. We have an open session, so everyone knows about it, and we can get as many… — Tess Gerritsen About 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… — Tess Gerritsen Also Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a fairly logical, scientific and somewhat reserved person. Maura Isles, the Boston medical examiner who appears in… — Tess Gerritsen Almost Copy Share Image
“She had never paid much attention to the heart beating in her own chest. As she watched the pattern traced by Korsak's,… — Tess Gerritsen Heart beating 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 Able Copy Share Image
Medicine is probably one of the best backgrounds for a writer to find stories. I always think cops and docs have the… — Tess Gerritsen Backgrounds Copy Share Image
I know there’s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you don’t need to believe in Satan or demons… — Tess Gerritsen Believe Copy Share Image
In 'Last to Die,' three children living in different cities are the only survivors when their families are slaughtered. Two years later,… — Tess Gerritsen Again Copy Share Image
“If anyone lacked the gene for holding a grudge, it was Frost, whose legendary congeniality only served to make Jane look bad.” — Tess Gerritsen Frost Copy Share Image
“She pressed her fingers to the woman’s neck and felt icy skin. Bending close to the lips, she waited for the whisper… — Tess Gerritsen Corpse Copy Share Image
She was the only woman in the homicide unit, and already there had been problems between her and another detective, charges of… — Tess Gerritsen Bitchiness Copy Share Image
I spent my childhood watching every scary movie that Hollywood ever made. And I think that gave me the best education for… — Tess Gerritsen Age Copy Share Image
“Charles threw down the knife. Its thud was lost in the high-spirited bedlam of young men let loose upon a task so… — Tess Gerritsen Charles Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the stars line up, the gods smile, and love gets a fighting chance. Just a chance. That's all it can really… — Tess Gerritsen And love Copy Share Image
Aside from the Rizzoli & Isles books, there are many other stories I want to write. The question is whether I'll live… — Tess Gerritsen Aside Copy Share Image
We dream our dreams, and sometimes they take us to places we never anticipate. But they are our dreams, and we go… — Tess Gerritsen Anticipate 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 After Copy Share Image
“She met his gaze, and what she saw in his eyes scared her, because at that instant she saw both possibility and… — Tess Gerritsen Love Copy Share Image
Even if I never sold another book, I'd keep writing, because the stories are here, in my head. Stories that just need… — Tess Gerritsen Another Copy Share Image
“...Jane remained in her chair thinking about justice, about how the dead never benefited from it. For them it always comes too… — Tess Gerritsen Justice 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 Approach 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 Always Copy Share Image
Ha! Kids! You have no idea what you put your parents through, either. Wait till you have your own, you'll see. That's… — Tess Gerritsen Angela Copy Share Image
In China, the dead are not forgotten - my relatives cheerfully pointed out all the niches of deceased friends and family, as… — Tess Gerritsen Cheerfully 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… — Tess Gerritsen Love Copy Share Image
My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st… — Tess Gerritsen Becoming Copy Share Image
My mother is an immigrant from China, and she filled my head with stories about ghosts and fighting monks in China, so… — Tess Gerritsen About Copy Share Image
Evil doesn't die. It never dies. It just takes on a new face, a new name. Just because we've been touched by… — Tess Gerritsen Being hurt Copy Share Image
I was an anthropology major in college, and I've had a lifelong fascination with Egyptology, mummies, and all sorts of bizarre cultural… — Tess Gerritsen Anthropology Copy Share Image
