Heart Surgeon Quotes by Dominick Dunne

I loved going along with Alice Steinbach as she goes off on this rare, wonderful adventure, an escape into discovering herself and some of…

— Dominick Dunne

I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting about murder. I was appalled by defense attorneys who would do anything to win an acquittal…

— Dominick Dunne

My father was this famous heart surgeon, a wonderful man... but there was something about me that drove him crazy.

— Dominick Dunne

“We've all got trashy friends, but we should choose our trashy friends with more care.”

— Dominick Dunne

For my type of story and my kind of writing, I think 'Vanity Fair' is the right forum.

— Dominick Dunne

The best advice on writing was given to me by my first editor, Michael Korda, of Simon and Schuster, while writing my first book.…

— Dominick Dunne

You write about what you have access to, and I have been fortunate enough to have a front-row seat on the rich and powerful…

— Dominick Dunne

Success is the most valuable commodity.

— Dominick Dunne

I had never attended a trial until my daughter's murder trial. What I witnessed in that courtroom enraged and redirected me.

— Dominick Dunne

When you're down and out, there's no meaner place to live than Hollywood. You can get away with your embezzlements and your lies and…

— Dominick Dunne

I am openly pro-prosecution and make no bones about it. I don't think there are enough people out there sticking up for victims.

— Dominick Dunne

Ive lived this very dramatic life, with high points and terrible low points. Nothing has been ordinary, and I want to have the experience…

— Dominick Dunne

I think I need pictures with my articles.

— Dominick Dunne

Within me, I knew I would never be a first-rate producer. I wasn't tough enough.

— Dominick Dunne

People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote plays about kings, not beggars.

— Dominick Dunne