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

- Joseph Wambaugh

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

- Joseph Wambaugh

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

- Joseph Wambaugh

I write a thousand words a day. Nothing will stop me, I mean nothing, until the book is finished. I'm disciplined in spite of myself.

- Joseph Wambaugh

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

- Joseph Wambaugh

The time has come for professional jurors.

- Joseph Wambaugh

The O.J. Simpson case, they had no understanding of that DNA evidence, and didn't want to.

- Joseph Wambaugh

What I didn't know was that if I didn't stand with my back to the wall, Hollywood people would unscrew my ass and sell it down the river.

- Joseph Wambaugh

It`s corruption never been systemic, because a fish rots from the head

- Joseph Wambaugh