“no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed—but” — William Landay Knowing Copy Share Image
“I do not believe in the court system, at least I do not think it is especially good at finding the truth.… — William Landay Praying together Copy Share Image
An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate,… — William Landay Ache Copy Share Image
“You can’t do it alone, that’s the thing. You have to remember there are other people out there who have gone through… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“All they got locked up in this hole is my body. That's all they got, my body, not me. I'm everywhere, see?… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“I rather doubt he had the sense to see the truth: that there are wounds worse than fatal, which the law's little… — William Landay Truth Copy Share Image
“They were chosen for their perfect ignorance of these things. That is how the system works. In the end, the lawyers and… — William Landay Copy Share Image
Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie. — William Landay Crime Copy Share Image
When I was 30 or so - by that time I had become an assistant D.A. - I decided I would try… — William Landay Assistants Copy Share Image
“It was a limitation of human consciousness: We live only in the future and past, we cannot perceive now. Now occupies no… — William Landay Feelings Copy Share Image
“You're staring.' 'You're my wife. I'm allowed to stare.' 'Is that the rule?' 'Yes. Stare, leer, ogle, anything I want. Trust me.… — William Landay Marriage Copy Share Image
“It is a common architectural strategy to build courtrooms without windows, to enhance the effect of a chamber isolated from the everyday… — William Landay Law Copy Share Image
“but good friendships require complementary personalities, not identical ones.” — William Landay Friendship Copy Share Image
“....I never expected to lose in court. In practice, I did lose, of course. Every lawyer loses, just as every baseball player… — William Landay Ball player Copy Share Image
“Next to me was Jacob, this riddle Laurie and I had made. His size, his resemblance to me, the likelihood that he… — William Landay Father Copy Share Image
“The truth is, the best win-lost records are not built on great trial work. They are built on cherry-picking only the strongest… — William Landay Right and wrong Copy Share Image
“both remembered how it all started, and even now, in the middle of my middle age, when I think of that shining… — William Landay First love Copy Share Image
“Witness: I thought it was a mistake. Based on what we knew at the time, it was a mistake to turn away… — William Landay Failure Copy Share Image
“Confirmation bias is the tendency to see things in your environment that confirm your preconceived ideas and not see things that conflict… — William Landay Copy Share Image
There are many more ways to be attractive than to be beautiful. — William Landay Attractive Copy Share Image
“This is an aspect of crime stories I never fully appreciated until I became one: it is so ruinously expensive to mount… — William Landay Crime Copy Share Image
“Studies have shown that fathers of murdered children often die within a few years of the murder, often of heart failure. Really,… — William Landay Children Copy Share Image
Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes. — William Landay Conflict Copy Share Image
“We’re not arguing. We’re discussing.” “You’re a lawyer; you don’t know the difference. I’m arguing.” — William Landay Copy Share Image
