Marcia Clark Quotes
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If you get robbed, no one's going to ask you, 'Well, what were you wearing?'
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I made mistakes in every trial.
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I was the only female in the special trials unit for many years.
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By no means did my first book sell. I took a few runs at it. You'll never see those early efforts 'cause they're burned, straight to the fireplace where they belong.
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To me, one of the big silver linings of the Simpson trial is the advances we've made in understanding domestic violence as a lethal problem. Before that trial, I think there was a widespread sense that it was a family affair, a normal part of a relationship, not really a crime. The reality is that it's very much a crime, and a very serious one.
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Too frequently, we see women being pitted against each other.
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As I listened to the verdicts in the Casey Anthony case, acquitting her of the homicide of her baby girl, I relived what I felt back when court clerk Deirdre Robertson read the verdicts in the Simpson case. But this case is different. The verdict is far more shocking. Why? Because Casey Anthony was no celebrity.
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I kind of like to write fast. It keeps the pacing up. And it keeps me off the streets.
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When I first joined the DA's office, there weren't that many women. So there was a fair degree of sexism. Everybody kind of got over it when they saw you doing your job.
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You amp things up and you speed things up, but technically, you can still be legally correct. This is the big beef I have with novels as well as television shows - it actually makes for a better show when you accommodate the truth.
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To the extent that someone goes out to criticize another woman about hair, makeup, silliness like that - unless you're talking about a makeup artist or something, really stop and think about what you're doing and why you're doing it.
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I like cable stuff; I really do - 'American Horror Story,' 'American Crime Story.'
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I have been addicted to crime since I was born. I was making up crime stories when I was a 4- or 5-year-old kid.
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I think women in general, we just soldier on. Whatever it takes, you just have to do it. It's your job. Whatever it is.
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That's who I was: a prosecutor. I really loved it.
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I decided to have a life: to become - pardon the expression - a soccer mom.
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I think cameras should be in the courtroom, but they need to be managed properly. You need a judge to hold the line.
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I can write dramas that are about inside and outside the courtroom.