I would never take a case that had to do with abusing children. They're the true innocents.

I'm particularly committed to the political people who needed defense. I understand that they're fighting a bigger war than just, "Let me go get some money for cocaine tonight."

My anti-authoritarian instincts let me directly to criminal defense work.

The only way not to be afraid is to join with other people who are also afraid.

Lawyering is very individualistic. There are lawyers who are going to be that persistent birddog, they're never going to give up on the client, they're going to defend people.

I would never defend a cop - though I did on a few private cases, when cops were acting not as cops but as private citizens.

The only thing we have is each other.

If you make a mistake as a prosecutor, your mistakes go home, whereas if you make a mistake defending, they go to jail.

Your goal is to make a better world through the work you do. It's not always possible, and you have to earn a living.

You're working not for the corporate interest, not for the government interest, not for your own self-interest. You have a higher calling.

I took anything that came across my doorstep. I started getting a reputation.

My history is my step to future, whatever the history was full of garbage, but I can get over it and get to the TOP with my History

We are God's middle children, according to Tyler Durden, with no special place in history and no special attention.

Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.

She waited for me to play out the string, to find the place where she had stopped and was waiting for me, to follow the breadcrumb tail until it dead-ended into her.

The greatest men May ask a foolish question, now and then.

There are a lot of good arguments for birth control, but as far as terminating a life that has already come into existence, I haven't found any.

Too much involvement with one's feeling [is destructive]. If they have too much self-centered feelings, they get in trouble.

I think Ricky Williams had his time in the limelight. And I think it was good for what it was worth, and that was that.

The only thing you have to watch out for is other people who feel threatened by your party.

It takes strength to be gentle and kind.