top of page
"And it was a huge emotional thing to leave the law and become unemployed - to be a student again."
Law,
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Law quotes

"Appeal in law: to put the dice into the box for another throw."

"As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid."

"Any attorney with a conscience always speaks the truth. An attorney can and should practice law in a scrupulous manner, but some dishonest attorneys disregard ethical mandates in order to win. Unethical attorneys shape their clients stories, which is a fancy way of assisting them tell a fib."

"The law is logical and is based on common sense. The trick was to argue the law in favor of your particular point of view without sounding biased. It was kind of like a magic trick: the best illusionist being the one who can best manipulate the logic to his or her advantage, all the while giving the illusion of impartiality."

"Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?"
Explore more quotes by David Steinberg

"Your relationship with an agent has got to be mutually beneficial. If you can't help their careers, then they're not going to be interested."

"Being a lawyer in New York sucks because you're working eighty, sometimes a hundred hours a week."

"I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes."

"The whole idea of doing the Hollywood thing never even occurred to me. When you grow up on the East coast, Hollywood seems like this fantasy land and you don't think that people can actually make a living there."

"I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off."

"And it was a huge emotional thing to leave the law and become unemployed - to be a student again."
bottom of page