I have learned not to read reviews. Period. And I hate reviewers. All of them, or at least all but two or three. Life is much simpler ignoring reviews and the nasty people who write them. Critics should find meaningful work.
I’m alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I’m right.
I don’t feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I’m very much aware of how little I know.
Critics should find meaningful work.
My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I’d go out and do something low-level naughty, just like him.
When you work at street level you never know who’s going to walk through your door.
We learned after the first semester in law school that it’s best never to discuss exams. If notes are compared afterwards, you become painfully aware of things you missed.
He’s my client, and he’s counting on me. I’ll take him, warts and all.
I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction, you’re going to get bashed by critics.
I always do book signings with the same blue pen. That way, if I add a personalised message to a book I’ve already signed, it’ll be in the same colour as my signature.
Some people have more guts than brains.
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.
Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it’s a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive.
Privileged people don’t march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy.
You burn a man’s pickup, and he’s ready for war.
I didn’t dare think of the future; the past was still happening.
It’s as if we spend our entire lives avoiding Jell-O but it is always there at the end, waiting.
The company later went broke, and of course all blame was directed at the lawyers. Not once did I hear any talk that maybe a trace of mismanagement could in any way have contributed to the bankruptcy.
The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best – talking about other lawyers.
I am currently reading, “The Broker” by John Grisham. it is alittle slow to start so I will have to let you know if it gets better.