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

There's a lot of active radical thought today but not much action.

You've got to learn to handle the press because god knows the government does all the time.

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

The prosecution makes all the important decisions: what's charged, how much is charged, whether you can get a decent offer. Every defendant becomes an informant today.

I spoke in front of a huge gathering in Seattle, and someone got up and said, "I'm just so afraid." I said, "The only way not to be afraid is to join with other people who are also afraid."

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