“Any society that produces twice as many lawyers as it does poets and preachers is doomed.”

“If all the world's a stage, then it's missing a few planks.”

“My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.”

“...passive voice is better than writing out a humongous number and taking the risk that your readers' brains will be numb by the time they get to the verb.”

“I love you. You are the object of my affection and the object of my sentence.”

“Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected.”

“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.”