Only a fool permits the letter of the law to override the spirit in the heart. Do not let a piece of paper stand in the way of true love and headlines.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Once you are a proper, serious law-maker, you can't break the laws you're writing.
I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.
A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
People read legal writing differently. When you're at the crux of a legal argument, every step is a step in the argument. The judge will see any holes. If you do that in fiction, it's too long and boring.
If you write a written book, you're gonna get slowed up by lawyers wanting to see what you say about this person, that person - I couldn't be bothered with it.
I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them.
I don't believe that a piece of paper will excuse my actions. In the end, only my actions will.
As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or mistress to get on the front page of the papers.
It's not the heart that compels conclusions in cases, it's the law.