There’s no greater search than that of lost love.

I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.

Grissom is a character who doesn't really want people poking around in his life. He likes to poke around in his work.

I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be able to do is that character. Certainly people think of you that way.

Writing is a vessel...with readers the ocean and authors as its sails.

A smart person is not one that knows the answers, but one who knows where to find them.

I've been telling anybody who would listen that I wanted to do a series for the last 10 years. But I wouldn't do it if I was just another cop pushing bad guys up against the wall.