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

I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was thinking.

The two mistakes that come to mind are people who introduce a flood of characters in the first few pages. Where the reader has to stop and get out a flow chart and has to figure out who is who. And you just can't do that - introduce the first four generations of a character's family in the first chapter. You can introduce four or five characters at the most in the first chapter. Another mistake is to use big words that are not normally used in conversation to try to impress folks with your vocabulary.

I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.

You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.

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

Four rehabs meant a fifth was somewhere down the road.