I was on the speech team, we called it forensics.
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Everyone is doing forensics.
Forensics I've always found absolutely fascinating. Anything to do with clues. And checking things out and solving.
The thing is that quite a few of my books have ended up as they are because of conversations I've had over the years with forensic scientists.
I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.
I'm a nut for these 'crime reality' shows. Things like 'Forensic Files,' 'Forensic Detectives.'
I'm really interested in the form, putting one piece up against another and finding something corroborative in another voice. I've done a lot of that.
Telling everyone I wanted to go into forensic anthropology was my form of rebellion.
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've discovered this new electronic technique that creates new speech out of stuff that's already there.
When you act, you've got to be like a poet or a musician. It's not about evidence before court. It's not a forensic subject. It's poetry; it's a completely different place.