Christopher Darden Quotes

• Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies.

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• The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.

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• That’s the thing about us lawyers – if at all possible, we will consume each other.

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• That’s an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It’s one of those things that most of us take for granted.

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• Something’s going to happen that’s going to make us all pay attention at the type of sentences some people are serving and the conditions in which they are served.

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• It’s too late for that – trying to second guess it. It’s over. I’m worried about how to get the kids through school and still write and practice law and take power of attorney.

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• It’s much like writing a screenplay with someone else and that’s how we view it, I think.

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• It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn’t want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety because a lot of people just don’t like me and I don’t think they would be interested in reading about me, even in the fictional context.

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• It did not prepare me for writing or “Power of Attorney.” However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA’s office. I stopped getting that county check.

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• In some ways I’m still recovering from the trial. My health is not as good as it ought to be. I’ve gone back to practicing law and it seems to have taken a toll for whatever reason.

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• In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman. They were moved by the story – by the people as a whole – and not by the little things.

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• I’m real bent on dialogue. I’m just a little bit crazy and when you put that along with 20 years as a criminal lawyer, it’s pretty easy to come up with some interesting plots.

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• I think that the mere fact that I’m doing it ought to inspire someone. In junior high school the counselor suggested that I focus on wood shop and metal shop.

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• I think that as I continue to write, my writing I hope will become more controversial and more provocative.

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• I think it hurt my performance because I stopped being me. That won’t ever happen again.

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• I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote “In Contempt” was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it.

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• I no longer teach law. But when I did I advised my students that they should never accept a case if it meant that by doing so you couldn’t sleep at night.

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• I just did something on a show on UPN called “Girlfriends” that will be on television in February. I am actually a much better actor today than I was in 1996, believe it or not.

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• I don’t know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent I’m hoping that with the next book, when people pick it up and read it, it will scare the pants off of them.

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• I did not think that I was angry, but clearly anger was reflected in my writing. I did not think that I had been affected emotionally, but it was clear from my writing that I was still very emotional about the trial some six months after it ended.

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Christopher Darden (26)

Birth:	7th April, 1956
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Professor, Writer

About

Christopher Allen Darden is an American lawyer, writer, professor and practicing attorney. He was a 15-year veteran of the Los Angeles County District Attorney, where he was assigned to the prosecution of O. J. Simpson. He received his B.S. in Criminal Justice Administration from San Jose State University and his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He is a former legal commentator for CNN, Court TV, NBC and CNBC, and a frequent guest and commentator on CNN, Fox News Network and Court TV. He is the former principal attorney in the syndicated legal show Power of Attorney. He is the co-author of the former number one New York Times best seller, In Contempt, The Trials of Nikki Hill, and LA Justice. He taught and specialized in criminal procedure and trial advocacy.

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