All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law.

The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.

I cannot think of a day in my life when the library didn’t exert a potent attraction for me, offering a sense of the specialness of each individual’s curiosity and his or her quest to satisfy it.

Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love.

What kills a person at twenty-five? Leukemia. An accident. But George knows the better odds are that someone who passes at that age dies of unhappiness. Drug overdose. Suicide. Reckless behavior.

Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.

I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.

Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on.

The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.

'Torts' more or less means 'wrongs'...One of my friends said that Torts is the course which proves that your mother was right.

Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves, particularly if we accept them?

I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.

I don't like to do much with my hair - which is good, because I don't know how! I just always make sure I have a great haircut.

Got more dirt than ball. Here we go again.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended.

I want people to know they don’t have to live their lives in a permanent ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ existence. Truth is a powerful tool.

There's something perverse about women...they're all masochists at heart.

I wasn't under the impersonation you meant me.

Many artists I enjoy have a large body of work, and eventually the message is derived out from the sum of its parts.

One of the greatest gifts you can get as a writer is to be born into an unhappy family.

I like being meticulous and it's quite difficult as an actor to have that much control.