Virginia Postrel Quotes

Everyone is doing forensics.

True crime has always been popular.

There are kids going into chemistry and biology because of 'CSI.'

Tape is wonderful at preserving evidence - fingerprints, hairs, fibers. Tape preserves this, especially on the sticky side, even if the body's been out there for a year.

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

'Forensic Files' is amazing! I love it! There were marathons happening all the time in college. That show, because it's always on at night, was always better than any scary movie I could put on, because it was 'real.'

I followed him at the time and thought he was hysterical. He was the first serial killer, a new kettle of fish, because we didn't have the detection techniques in those days.

I didn't grow up watching detective shows. I've never even seen an episode of 'CSI.'

I've been on this kick reading about the beginning of forensic science: autopsies, fingerprinting, psychological profiling. I've been reading a lot of books about forensic anthropology.

I am fascinated by crime scene investigating. I swear, I wish I was a crime scene investigator sometimes!

In Los Angeles, the Police Department buys a 40-foot refrigerated trailer truck every six months just to hold DNA evidence.

You can't beat a cop drama. That's what everybody seems to want to watch.

I had a dream, when I was little, to become a police officer and a crime investigator.

I've been watching detective shows, like 'Wallander' and the Danish 'The Killing.' I'm like, 'That would be kind of fun to do.'

'CSI' is a part of who I am.

I'm definitely caught up in the Kool-Aid of true-crime stories.

I've always been interested in forensics and the way they solve things.

I'd love to see the 'CSIs' run forever.

We're all used to seeing a lot of cop shows, some of them brilliant, some of them very generic.

I was pretty serious about pursuing forensic science as a profession. In fact, I pursued an internship at the office of the chief medical examiner here in New York.

Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner.

Forensics is eloquence and reduction.

Snoop [Dog] said [Peaky Blinders] reminded him of how he got involved with gang culture. It's always fantastically flattering when I see people dress like that and take on the look.

I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.

I remember thinking about how fun it would be to be a reporter. I had a dream, when I was little, to become a police officer and a crime investigator. It depends on what kind of stories you're reporting, but it's very similar. You're finding out the truth.