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Obviously I'm a lawyer; I like to have cases.

I often get too emotionally involved in my cases.

I'm a transactional lawyer, which involves a lot of negotiation. If nothing else, that's given me a good eye for human motivation and frequent case studies in peculiar psychological quirks. I think that's served me fairly well as a writer.

My career has mostly been jobs I love or cases where I needed money.

I get passionate about certain subjects, and then I'll write a whole play around it.

I was interested in getting courtroom experience. When I was a young lawyer, the only way I could get real courtroom experience was in the criminal law field.

I was endorsed by many corporations to work with their people. Since I had several hundred successful case histories, I realized that it was really valuable and everybody should have access to the information, so I started teaching seminars to groups of people.

Being a trial lawyer sounds like glamorous work, but most of your time is spent pushing paper and arguing.

I'm very passionate about what I do.