Elizabeth Wurtzel Quotes

My brother Cody is 19. He wants to stay out of the limelight and become a lawyer. I want him to be an entertainment lawyer, so he can help me out!

The practice of the law is a perfectly distinct art.

I have a J.D., but I'm not a practicing attorney as far as entertainment law goes.

Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.

I am one of four girls and was inspired by my father to dream big. Some girls want to be doctors, but I wanted to run a company.

I had actually studied political science in college. I had dreams of being a lawyer at one time.

I wanted to be a lawyer. Then a journalist. Actually, I graduated from university as a journalist.

Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day.

The more lawyers there are, the more people are out there to encourage others not to go to law school.

I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.

I got into law school to supplement my business background. I'm not planning to practice law.

I practise law almost every day. Exclusively criminal work these days.

I made a big family when I was working at 'Vogue' for ten years, and I'm still friends with a lot of them.

I thought I'd grow up to be a teacher, or maybe run for political office.

I've always had an affinity for lawyers. My dad is a lawyer. He's retired now. My brother is a lawyer. It's always been easy, the legalese.

My political science degree is always on the back-burner. I took my LSAT, so even if I want to take the LSAT again, I know what I'm getting into. I'll keep it on the back-burner. Who knows, maybe with my popularity, I can have a career in politics with a law degree. I think it'll work out either way.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

Thankfully, I am not a lawyer.

I can't see that it's wrong to give him a little legal experience before he goes out to practice law.

That's the best way to practice law, is writing about it and not having to be in the courtroom!

I'm from a small town, and I thought I would be a lawyer.

I actually was a defense attorney first.

I think there's this assumption that everybody would rather be a director, and I don't know that that's the case for me, so we'll see.

The biggest direct influence on my career is Ben Edlund, who gave me my first real professional break and, through his friendship and example, turned me into a writer and a more critical thinker in general.