My anti-authoritarian instincts let me directly to criminal defense work.

I'm particularly committed to the political people who needed defense. I understand that they're fighting a bigger war than just, "Let me go get some money for cocaine tonight."

Put the strong, masculine figure in a school with tough kids and you have a certain control. It's very demeaning to the kids and very demeaning to the tough, black guy, but that's how they worked it.

We had people who did housing, people who did anti-war, people who did schools. Everyone operated in their own niche, but not separately. We all were together on certain issues when it was important. Everybody was active in the '60s. I feel that there's a lot of active radical thought today but not much action.

I couldn't add my talent, which is prodigious, to a defense of someone even accused of hurting a child.

I would never take a case that had to do with abusing children. They're the true innocents.

The only way not to be afraid is to join with other people who are also afraid.