Kathy reichs

At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work over with so we can thoroughly enjoy the play.'

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

I originally worked as an archaeologist in North Carolina, and when bones were found police would take them out to the bones lady at the university, and that was me.

If you want to be an anthropologist, you need to study physical anthropology specialized in bones. If you want to be a forensic chemist, get a degree in chemistry. Do you want to do DNA work? Get a...

Bones tell me the story of a person's life - how old they were, what their gender was, their ancestral background.

I was a university professor, I could talk on and on and on. Give me a podium and you have to drag me off with a hook.