Rene Balcer

"Nobody's reasonable when they're in love. That's the whole point of it."

"If you're going to play stickball in Canarsie you better learn Brooklyn rules."

"The search for truth...It's not for the faint-hearted."

"The more I know, the less I sleep."

"Your client's not insane... he's in love. Maybe it's hard for you to tell the two apart, but the law can."

"Man has only the rights he can defend. Our most basic right is life. It's enshrined not only in our Constitution, but in the charter of the United Nations. The prohibition against taking a life is fou…"

"I'll make sure you go away for so long, they'll be planting tomatoes on Mars by the time you get out."

"Justice is a jagged road."