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Christopher Darden

"It did not prepare me for writing or "Power of Attorney." However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA's office. I stopped getting that county check."

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"It did not prepare me for writing or "Power of Attorney." However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA's office. I stopped getting that county check."

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Donna Grant

"I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5."

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Donna Grant

"In the Astronaut Office we're never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five years, things have changed and so it's been good to get back into the flow and relearn a lot of things."

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Donna Grant

"I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it."

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Donna Grant

"Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office."

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Donna Grant

"I reckon this could mean another 10 million at the box office."

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Donna Grant

"It did not prepare me for writing or "Power of Attorney." However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA's office. I stopped getting that county check."

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Donna Grant

"I broke up the band in the office in Gerrard Street."

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Donna Grant

"He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief."

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Donna Grant

"I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant."

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Donna Grant

"I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker."

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Christopher Darden
"I am a struggling writer. A middle-aged man with two little kids and I'm just trying to earn a living. So buy this book - or my kids will have to go to foster care."

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Christopher Darden
"I did not think that I was angry, but clearly anger was reflected in my writing. I did not think that I had been affected emotionally, but it was clear from my writing that I was still very emotional about the trial some six months after it ended."

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Christopher Darden
"I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote "In Contempt" was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it."

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Christopher Darden
"It did not prepare me for writing or "Power of Attorney." However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA's office. I stopped getting that county check."

Office

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Christopher Darden
"I no longer teach law. But when I did I advised my students that they should never accept a case if it meant that by doing so you couldn't sleep at night."

Law

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Christopher Darden
"I don't know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent I'm hoping that with the next book, when people pick it up and read it, it will scare the pants off of them."

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Christopher Darden
"All I can really say is it's bloodier than hell. In this one I'm going to be much more direct and honest in my description of the actual killings and the crime scene."

Crime

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Christopher Darden
"In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman. They were moved by the story - by the people as a whole - and not by the little things."

People

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Christopher Darden
"It's much like writing a screenplay with someone else and that's how we view it, I think."

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Christopher Darden
"The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion."

Compassion

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