What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own.

I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in any argument.

Never shake hands with colleagues in court; the customers think you're making deals.

The greatest horrors of our world are committed by people who are totally sincere.

I suppose true sexual equality will come when a general called Anthea is found having an unwise lunch with a young, unreliable model from Spain.

There is always time for failure

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.