Justice Scalia was a lion of the law. Agree or disagree with him, all of his colleagues on the bench shared his wisdom and his humor. And like them, I miss him.

None of you speaks for me. I speak for me. I am a judge. I am independent. I make up my own mind.

In a world without Chevron, very little would change except perhaps the most important things.

I'm distressed to hear you think that judges or the Supreme Court is an organ of a party. That, to me, is just - I know you feel that way. And that distresses me.

I respect, too, the fact that in our legal order it is for Congress and not the courts to write new laws. It is the role of judges to apply, not alter, the work of the people's representatives.

Ours is the job of interpreting the Constitution. And that document isn't some inkblot on which litigants may project their hopes and dreams.

In the balance of my professional life, I've had the privilege of the working as a practicing lawyer and teacher.

clouds may fill the sky but they are not the sky....

My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.

I can't write another breakup record. That would be a real cliche.

Because there are no fours.

All words and sayings gently turn, returning to the self.

Religious doctrines do not and clearly cannot be adopted as the criminal code of a state.

Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best.

I have fun making films. I love making films. It's the only thing I know how to do. And I do it well.

I just wish, maybe, that I'd started conducting earlier. I was about 40 when I started. Apart from that I don't really have any regrets. Is that bad?

Black ink was always my favorite. I loved it. And then one day I realized that the only thing I ever wanted to do was to paint.