You need some coffee, don't you?" "Yes, I've only had a gallon.

My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession.

It's as if we spend our entire lives avoiding Jell-O but it is always there at the end, waiting.

All students enter law school with a certain amount of idealism and desire to serve the public, but after three years of brutal competition we care for nothing but the right job with the right firm where we can make partner in seven years and earn big bucks.

I don't even know what a serious literary critic is.

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.