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William Landay quotes: Don't worry about how things look. People are going to think whatever they think. To hell with 'em. You can't worry about it.

Don't worry about how things look. People are going to think whatever they think. To hell with 'em. You can't worry about it.

William Landay quotes: Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.

Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.

William Landay quotes: There are many more ways to be attractive than to be beautiful.

There are many more ways to be attractive than to be beautiful.

William Landay quotes: The interior of a teenager's mind is an endless war between Stupid and Clever.

The interior of a teenager's mind is an endless war between Stupid and Clever.

William Landay quotes: A liberal, it turns out, is a conservative who's been indicted.

A liberal, it turns out, is a conservative who's been indicted.

William Landay quotes: Nobody gets to you without going through me - and nobody's getting through me.

Nobody gets to you without going through me - and nobody's getting through me.

William Landay quotes: I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.

I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.

William Landay quotes: I don't want you to say anything. I want you to listen. You know, being confident isn't the same as being right.

I don't want you to say anything. I want you to listen. You know, being confident isn't the same as being right.

William Landay quotes: We're not arguing. We're discussing." "You're a lawyer; you don't know the difference. I'm arguing.

We're not arguing. We're discussing." "You're a lawyer; you don't know the difference. I'm arguing.

William Landay quotes: A jury verdict is just a guess - a well-intentioned guess, generally, but you simply cannot tell fact from fiction by taking a vote.

A jury verdict is just a guess - a well-intentioned guess, generally, but you simply cannot tell fact from fiction by taking a vote.

William Landay quotes: Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.

Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.

William Landay quotes: Here is the dirty little secret: the error rate in criminal verdicts is much higher than anyone imagines.

Here is the dirty little secret: the error rate in criminal verdicts is much higher than anyone imagines.

William Landay quotes: At some point as adults we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead.

At some point as adults we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead.

William Landay quotes: A good marriage drags a long tail of memory behind it. A single word or gesture, a tone of voice can conjure up so many remembrances.

A good marriage drags a long tail of memory behind it. A single word or gesture, a tone of voice can conjure up so many remembrances.

William Landay quotes: I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

William Landay quotes: I had a childish attraction to men of my father's generation, as if I still harbored a faint hope of being unorphaned, even at this late date.

I had a childish attraction to men of my father's generation, as if I still harbored a faint hope of being unorphaned, even at this late date.

William Landay quotes: Predisposition is not predestination.

Predisposition is not predestination.

William Landay quotes: Free will is as important to the law as it is to religion or any other code of morality. We do not punish the leopard for its wildness.

Free will is as important to the law as it is to religion or any other code of morality. We do not punish the leopard for its wildness.

William Landay quotes: But good friendships require complementary personalities, not identical ones.

But good friendships require complementary personalities, not identical ones.

William Landay quotes: The act does not create guilt unless the mind is also guilty.

The act does not create guilt unless the mind is also guilty.

William Landay quotes: There is no absolute beginning to any story, after all. There is only the moment you begin watching.

There is no absolute beginning to any story, after all. There is only the moment you begin watching.

William Landay quotes: I am interested in computers and technology, and art, photography, and design.

I am interested in computers and technology, and art, photography, and design.

William Landay quotes: We are pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and have been since we began drawing on cave walls.

We are pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and have been since we began drawing on cave walls.

William Landay quotes: Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.

Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.

William Landay quotes: you ever do it?" "It's a talent

you ever do it?" "It's a talent

William Landay quotes: One worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed - but after all, we were children.

One worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed - but after all, we were children.

William Landay quotes: A hint of nonconformity was all he would risk.

A hint of nonconformity was all he would risk.

William Landay quotes: Damage hardens us all. It will harden you too, when it finds you - and it will find you

Damage hardens us all. It will harden you too, when it finds you - and it will find you

William Landay quotes: Our blind trust in the system is the product of ignorance and magical thinking,

Our blind trust in the system is the product of ignorance and magical thinking,

William Landay quotes: Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

William Landay quotes: We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward.

We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward.

William Landay quotes: Somewhere she had learned that if an interviewer remains silent, the interviewee will rush to fill the silence.

Somewhere she had learned that if an interviewer remains silent, the interviewee will rush to fill the silence.

William Landay quotes: Of course, that sort of dramatic email is

Of course, that sort of dramatic email is

William Landay quotes: It is, of course, the last resort of a liar to challenge his inquisitor to call him a liar directly.

It is, of course, the last resort of a liar to challenge his inquisitor to call him a liar directly.

William Landay quotes: I'm a bit of a tech geek myself.

I'm a bit of a tech geek myself.

William Landay quotes: So I got on with the business of lawyering away at the evidence. Minimizing it. Defending Jacob.

So I got on with the business of lawyering away at the evidence. Minimizing it. Defending Jacob.

William Landay quotes: No one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed

No one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed

William Landay quotes: I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.

I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.

William Landay quotes: You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.

You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.