Silvia Dunne's voice sounded calm and even, but April knew her mother was like a grenade with the pin out - she could explode any minute.

Probation is not right. People of ordinary temper do not solve that problem by picking up a gun and firing six times. Do not get lost in the definition of sudden passion.

I have a little bit of a temper, but it's ... a useless temper, ... It doesn't accomplish anything, generally. It's just a lot of ranting and raving and nothing, so David (Chase) probably saw that and put it into the character.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

If you lose your temper at a newspaper columnist, he'll get rich or famous or both.

Any prosecutor that enjoys getting the death penalty has just got a little something wrong with him, ... You temper your enthusiasm over a verdict you know is right and just and what the jury should have done under the facts with just that little hesitation that it's just not something you enjoy doing.