"Our criminal justice system, on paper, is the best in the world… but we're human, and so we make mistakes. If you exe…"

"He, of course, almost overacted his innocence: he protested he hadn't done anything, couldn't imagine why we were bri…"

"And we sort of tried to inquire: didn't he think it was a little strange that there was a robbery committed with that…"

"Yeah, when I was a kid I used to want to be a detective all the time because I used to watch all the detective shows …"

"I'm a salesman. And you develop something like total recall. I don't forget places, things, or streets, because it's …"

"I always tried very hard — every judge I know of does — to not show emotion on the bench. The reason: if you do show …"

"You have a D.A., he doesn't talk about when they convict you or how they convict you, he's talking about how he's goi…"

"My mom had a good phrase. She said the first night she pulled into Dallas, it was raining, that it was lightning. And…"

"Since his trial I have given up my practice of criminal law. I have not had a jury trial since I heard the verdict of…"

"An important message for Errol Morris: Stay away from the hearing in Dallas on Wednesday. You might disappear."