What is it about the component of fire? People have written about it. People have wondered about it.

I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.

Probably 95 percent of the things that are written never get on the screen.

The O.J. Simpson case, they had no understanding of that DNA evidence, and didn't want to.

No one I know of has ever had this experience-where you had to sit and wait and wait for a DNA test to come back just so you can write the last page of the book.

It's corruption never been systemic, because a fish rots from the head

The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer.

The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore.

The serial arsonist is the most difficult to apprehend because the evidence is burned up.

I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again.

Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case.

Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.

Things that don't matter at all to one person can hurt another so deeply it seems as bad as dying.

Vengeance was one hell of a roommate.

In thinking about His many blessings, you view God's work from a new perspective.

In every trial Let understanding fight for you.

The winds are out of breath.

I think the museum should be an arena in which ideals can hash it out, fight it out, tooth and nail, for attention.

And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive.

Marketing isn't done by computers, it's done by people. And people who sense opportunity and have the confidence to be remarkable will always defeat defensive actions by people who have given up.

The best thing is to find something you really love to do and enjoy that process for the rest of your life.