99 Quotes by Marcia Clark

You never know what's going to happen when somebody endeavors to do a true crime story. It can be horribly misleading.

For a long time, I missed being in the courtroom every day. I missed trial work. It was so much a part of my life. It was what I did and who I was. But over the years, I did find the opportunity to realize my childhood dream of writing crime fiction.

I actually was a defense attorney first.

I loved writing when I was a kid and thought about being a writer then. But I didn't have the confidence or belief that I could earn a living that way, so I never took myself seriously.

I chose law because writing was involved. I didn't realize how boring legal writing was, but I even learned to love that.

I wasn't unsympathetic as a defense attorney, but my strong feelings for the victims were getting in my way. I identified too much with the victim.

I can write dramas that are about inside and outside the courtroom.

When I first started, it was so male-heavy, so male-dominated, that on the 18th floor of the criminal courts building, which was where I worked, there were three men's bathrooms and only one women's bathroom.

I think women in general, we just soldier on. Whatever it takes, you just have to do it. It's your job. Whatever it is.