Marcia Clark

“I actually was a defense attorney first.”

“I don't think any prosecutor should walk into a courtroom and think they're going to wow a jury with catchphrases and cliches and that kind of performance.”

“I don't feel like an icon; I don't think of myself as an icon.”

“The minute you step into a job where you have to be at all tough and assertive, that's when the mischief happens. And you're not allowed to be assertive and feminine.”

“I am a feminist. And I don't think of that as being anti-men, I think about it as equal rights for women.”

“My life is a mosaic, and there's no room in between pieces at all.”

“After the verdict was read in the Simpson case, as the jury was leaving, one of them, I was later told, said, 'We think he probably did it. We just didn't think they proved it beyond a reasonable doubt.'”

“I'm a woman, and I see women get put through an awful lot of grief and be subjected to the kind of criticism, remarks, and suggestions that no woman should ever have to tolerate. And I think we should be helping each other and supporting each other.”

“I loved my job... then the Simpson case happened.”

“Where a man is forceful, a woman is shrill.”

“If you're going to educate the public and tell them how things happen in the courtroom, then you really owe them the duty to do it right. Don't misinform.”

“To me, one of the big silver linings of the Simpson trial is the advances we've made in understanding domestic violence as a lethal problem. Before that trial, I think there was a widespread sense that it was a family affair, a normal part of a relationship, not really a crime. The reality is that it's very much a crime, and a very serious one.”

“I made mistakes in every trial.”

“That's who I was: a prosecutor. I really loved it.”

“Most people don't go back to trial work after being in management, but I couldn't do anything else.”

“People are used to streaming and binge-watching. When they see an author they like, if there's only one book, even if they like the book, they're going to forget about you. The way to keep you in their mind and to get you to become a habit for these readers is you have to have a lot of product out there for them to read.”

“When I first started, it was so male-heavy, so male-dominated, that on the 18th floor of the criminal courts building, which was where I worked, there were three men's bathrooms and only one women's bathroom.”

“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.”

“Before I was a prosecutor, I was a defense attorney. I took a cut in pay because I wanted to stand up for the victims.”

“By no means did my first book sell. I took a few runs at it. You'll never see those early efforts 'cause they're burned, straight to the fireplace where they belong.”