I was never a wet-eyed, passionate writer; I was always a policeman.

Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case.

I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while.

When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional.

I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.

The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer.

The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore.