Carol Mendelsohn: (On "CSI"'s kinkiest episodes) We try to think, 'What would our fans like to see? What would be a thrill ride?' Our job is to make them want to come back next week, to create a great hour. That's the guidepost to everything we do.
Carol: Lee Majors once said to me, `Where did you learn to write like a man?' That was a compliment.
Carol: As a fan [of CSI], I want to know a little more about [the characters].
Carol: Obviously ["CSI" is] not a soap opera. We are not a serial. We will always be a show about science, mystery, clues and twists and turns.
Carol: I was a little concerned, [about the competition between "CSI" and "Grey's Anatomy"] but I learned from that. I learned that two great shows can coexist on a night. There is enough audience. I believe that it’s a lot of competition for us, it makes next season very exciting for us. It’s a great show. I don’t know what’s going to happen but I do think we can both coexist on that night. And we’re going to do our best to deliver the best season ever.
Carol: In real life, relationships take a long time to develop. Real life isn’t a soap opera. And real lives change and flow.
Carol: I believe you can change the way people look at the world, without hitting them over the head, through the power of the pen.
Carol: I loved the life you could have in Ithaca.
Carol: (Of her work on "CSI") I've never been on a show with so many writers.
Carol: The one thing Jerry Bruckheimer said to us from the beginning is, 'When people are surfing, I want them to stop and say, "That's a Bruckheimer show".
Carol graduated from Cornell University in 1973.
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