I had no plans to be ever a lawyer, a crime fighter [in school].

After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.

I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.

I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.

I think the truth is black-and-white .

I don't expect everybody to like me. If you try to please everybody, by changing your position and your personality, every time you do that you lose a little bit of yourself.

I was in the courtroom prosecuting violent felonies for well over a decade.

I don't like juries having the wool pulled over their eyes. I don't think that's what the Constitution is about.

Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.

I'm all about the crockpot.

I think all politicians lie.

There has never been a meaningful life built on easy street.

She who is brave is free.

We think of history as another specialization, like philosophy of language, rather than as something that informs everything we do and think.

I like to cook, walk on the beach, go to concerts and look at fine art.

I am a very radical person - as radical now as I was when I was younger. So my books all have in common my search for understanding of the terrible world we are living in and ways to change it.

My father had always said there are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and lots of soap and water. After that, what he needs most is some intelligent neglect.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

I'd say that, to be a good deal maker, you have to have three basic characteristics - timing, timing, and timing.

To be now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast!