You never know what's going to happen when somebody endeavors to do a true crime story. It can be horribly misleading.
Where a man is forceful, a woman is shrill.
When you're writing fiction, you're in every character 'cause you can't help it.
Trayvon Martin broke my heart.
Too frequently, we see women being pitted against each other.
That's who I was a prosecutor. I really loved it.
Sarah Paulson is mind-blowing. I mean, she always is. She's always fantastic.
My life is a mosaic, and there's no room in between pieces at all.
Most people don't go back to trial work after being in management, but I couldn't do anything else.
It's one thing to evaluate a woman's work. It's another thing to say, 'Your hair was this; your makeup was that.'
If you get robbed, no one's going to ask you, 'Well, what were you wearing?'
I'm a big supporter of women doing anything they want to do!
I'd always wanted to write crime fiction. I loved Nancy Drew.
I was the only female in the special trials unit for many years.
I think women in general, we just soldier on. Whatever it takes, you just have to do it. It's your job. Whatever it is.
I can write dramas that are about inside and outside the courtroom.
I love Viola Davis.
I made mistakes in every trial.
I loved my job... Then the Simpson case happened.
I have straight hair. If I don't blow it out, it's not good.
I don't feel like an icon; I don't think of myself as an icon.
I am devoted to my two children, who are far and away more important to me than anything.
