The overwhelmingly successful trial book of my early adolescence had been To Kill A Mocking Bird.

The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.

The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.

Those kind of dilemmas are commonplace when you're a prosecutor. You're always in that position with the flipper witnesses.

The first time I remember really being excited about a book was 'The Count of Monte Cristo.'

But Dixon had once been a soldier. He knew that courage was not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it.