John Mortimer Quotes

From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries.

I can write dramas that are about inside and outside the courtroom.

It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.

I'd love to do a court-room drama. I loved 'Ally McBeal.' That was one of the main reasons I went to law school.

I agree with Scott Turow: A courtroom is inherently dramatic. You walk into court - it's like an ER, you know? Life and death is going on there. And it's moment-by-moment, and it's packed with energy. And even though you think you know what a witness is going to say, you can be wrong. Witnesses surprise you.

Some writers hate to go to trials, but I love trials.

I will go to what they call a court. Only they call it a court.

When I walk into a courtroom, I feel like I'm home.

Courtroom dramas can be boring.

A trial is not a search for truth. It is a contest and, often, one that produces no winners.

The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.

I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.

I'm not pretending when I'm in that court room.

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens.

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

I didn't attend any of the court proceedings.

When we watch courtroom dramas, we tend to identify with the kindhearted defense attorney, but give us the power, and we become like hanging judges.

I think trials are inherently dramatic and interesting and are always going to be part of the news.

It's always been my dream to be an attorney, and I'm that weird breed of human being that loves being in a courtroom.

Both sides should demand a speedy trial.

North Carolinians know what a fair trial looks like. It includes witnesses. It includes documents.

The court is where I can express something that I've got deep inside me.

The time has come for professional jurors.

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.

And I've always felt comfortable certainly in a courtroom because you're just performing. And there was a time in my life when I thought when I grew up I'd be a trial lawyer myself.