Joseph Wambaugh

Writer

1937-01-22

Quotes by Joseph Wambaugh

• I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.

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• Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are.

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• Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued.

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• The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer.

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• What is it about the component of fire? People have written about it. People have wondered about it.

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