It was frightening because it was the first time I had gotten a sense of how serious the problem was. It became clear from his notes that he felt the president himself was involved.

Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day.

One regret I have is that I did not learn more about what was happening very early, so that I could have tried to stop people from engaging in illegal activities.

Morgan, Lewis is a very large firm now, but it was not quite as big then. It was exciting for an associate in those days, because you got good and varied assignments and terrific training.

But look, you did not have to be well versed in politics to know that some stupid things were going on. It is the counsel's job to stop them, and instead the coverup was created.

The Sufi teacher’s mission is to be in the service of those who can learn.

Leave something on your plate... 'Better to go to waste than to waist

The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.

If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they'd be off TV. They're not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we'd know who she was?

The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy.

You don't know what love is, until you've learned the meaning of the blues, until you've loved a love you've had to lose.

Child-care costs are now the largest family expenditure in much of America, even exceeding the cost of housing.

I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier.

The truth doesn't hurt. Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt. It's better to know the truth.

Justice Ginsburg is a very competent justice, and it is a joy to have her on the court, but particularly for me it is a pleasure to have a second woman on the court.