People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.

Passion is a rare commodity. When you find it, treasure it and never give it up!

It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.

It's the hardest thing in the world to put yourself in someone else's place, try to really feel what they feel, figure out why they do the things they do. Especially when it's easier to stick a label on something. Or someone.

Confidence is one thing, disrespect is quite another. (Justice Elizabeth Knight)

Because life doesn't work that way. You can do everything perfectly. Do everything you think you're supposed to be doing. Fulfill every expectation that other people may have. And you still won't get the results you think you deserve. Life is crazy and maddening and often makes no sense.

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.