Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers – the guys who steal all the money and take off. That’s the fun stuff.
Live your life the way you want. You’ll figure it out.
You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.
Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.
Once again, I was reminded that Tally was the prettiest girl I’d ever met, and when she smiled at me my mind went blank. Once you’ve seen a pretty girl naked, you feel a certain attachment to her.
I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour.
If you’re gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.
Still, something about writing made me spend large hours of my free time at my desk.
A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure.
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.
My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession.
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.
Some people have more guts than brains.