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Well I was on the jury duty on the Deauville Film Festival, a few years ago.

One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.

I don't just write letters. I write laws.

I don't think I could have just kept writing the 'Richard Jury' books. It wasn't that I was bored or dissatisfied. I just had to write something else.

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Reading taught me how to write.

Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.

As a citizen and someone who was a judge on the constitutional law court for 18 years, I feel whenever I can raise my voice with the hope of being heard I need to do it, but I wouldn't assign a special wisdom and responsibility to writers.