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Being a judge is sometimes like raising children: litigants get the time they need, not necessarily the time they want, and you have to earn people's respect by communicating to them that you're going to listen, follow the law and make a fair decision.

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I'm ashamed and embarrassed to say that I've read very little of David Foster Wallace's work. It's a huge gap in my education, one of many.

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The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work.

Funny, Funny Things, Let, Letting Go, Toward, Writing

If you want to write, then write; if you don't want to write, then don't write. I fell into the former category, and I just made the decision that I'd keep on because I liked it and might someday do something decent.

Decision, Keep, Liked, Want, Write, Writing

I realized I was never going to have any peace with myself unless I made an honest stab at trying to write.

Honest, Stab, Trying, Write, Writing

I'm a writer, not an editor, and though the editing rarely cut into my writing time, it did take away from that walking-around-thinking-about-it-when-you're-not-thinking-about-it time that I think is important for writers. When you're half-thinking about what you're working on while driving, cooking. . . just letting things sift and settle, come to you.

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I quit law in 1988 to start writing, and it took me 17 years from that point to get a book contract. I guess you can say I was on the slow train.

Book, Writing, Years, Contract, Point
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