Joseph Wambaugh

Civil servants take forever to do anything. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#civil #civil servants #forever #servants #take

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

— Joseph Wambaugh

#every #every time #get #i #i write

I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#believe #certainly #i #jury #over

I enjoy adapting my own work, or anybody's work. I like to adapt books. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#adapting #anybody #books #enjoy #i

I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#being #detective #doing #enjoy #gives

I hadn't done anything in six years; I was just vegetating. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#done #hadn #i #just #six

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. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#cases #cop #defamation #defendant #enough

If you take 67 brush fires times 10 years, that's almost 700 right there. Those brush fires are incredibly dangerous, all those homes going down proved that. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#brush #dangerous #down #fires #going

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

— Joseph Wambaugh

#both sides #emotional #jury #looking #manipulate

As a cop, I dealt with every kind of bum and criminal. They all have more integrity than some Hollywood people. ↗

— Joseph Wambaugh

#cop #criminal #dealt #every #hollywood